This disorder, which was recorded as long as 316 years ago, was only given the name anorexia nervosa nearly 200 years later, though it had afflicted Western societies for much longer.
但這種早在 316 年前就有紀錄的病症，雖然經過近 200 年後才被冠上「神經性厭食」的病名，卻在西方社會中肆虐已久。