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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18N.3.SL.TZ0.16c
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
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18N.3.SL.TZ0.16c

The bar chart shows the percentage loss of mass by various organs and tissues of the body of a person due to starvation. The overall body mass loss was 40 %.

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Discuss whether the mass losses shown in the bar chart could be due to anorexia nervosa.

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a. loss of mass similar in anorexia and starvation ✔

b. loss could also be due to disease/feeding difficulties/other disorder/poverty/social unrest ✔

c. lack of food intake in anorexia nervosa due to emotional disorder
OR
desire to lose weight/refusal to eat characteristics of anorexia nervosa ✔

d. loss of «cardiac» muscle is characteristics of anorexia nervosa ✔

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