I-Anorexia liyasitya kwaye ikwimeko yempilo yengqondo enzima. Abantu abaphethwe yi-anorexia bazama ukugcina ubunzima bazo busezantsi kangangoko bengazityi kwanele ngokwenza imithambo. Ingabangela ingulo emandundu njengokuba imizimba yazo iqale indlala. Amaxesha amaninzi sikhatshwa ngumfanekiso wesiqu esingaphambukanga, abantu bakholelwa ukuba ityebile naxa utyebe.
Zininzi iindidi zonyango lwe-anorexia yaye ziquka amayeza athetha ngonyango, olu nyango lokuziphatha lwengqondo olunjalo. Abanye abantu bafumene ukuba i-cannabis inokunceda unyango lwabo. Inamandla okunyusa ukutya nako kuyanceda kwingxaki ezifana nonxunguphalo. I-cannabis itsaleka kweli phepha zonke ziyakwazi ukunceda abo babandezeleka kwi-anorexia.