Quality Glossary Definition: Continuous Improvement. Continuous improvement, sometimes called continual improvement, is the ongoing improvement of products, services or processes through incremental and breakthrough improvements. Continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which people have an intense fear of gaining weight and can become dangerously thin. Signs of anorexia include less than normal weight, negative body image, and obsession with food.
Many people who have anorexia recover, some improve, and some have problems with anorexia throughout their lives. 1  People with anorexia who are young and who start treatment early in their illness usually do well. 2  Anorexia is more difficult to treat when it has gone untreated for a long time.