Anorexia Nervosa

Her highest weight was 140-145 pounds (bmi 23.7 - 24.5). At her sickest she was 80 pounds (bmi 13.5).

She would probably be diagnosed as bulimic.

Some anorexics will try to take the focus off of their lack of eating by baking or cooking food for others, playing with their food, helping younger children eat, and so on.

In people suffering from an eating disorder like anorexia, the liver (along with many other vital organs) can be placed in danger. Due to stress and a lack of proper and steady nutrients, the liver can be prone to infection, being to malfunction, become janudiced, and even begin to stop working.

No. It takes 3,500 calories to gain a solid pound of body weight. One meal will not do that.

Treatments for anorexics vary based on individual need and severity of the disorder. Many hospitals will help in physical rehabilitation including weight gain back to a healthy, stable weight and help with vitamin and mineral deficiencies to aid those suffering from malnutrition. The most important treatment, however, is that of therapy. Eating disorders are primarily mental diseases with physical manifestation. Individual, group, and family therapy by trained mental health professionals is aimed at helping to restore normal eating habits and views towards food.

There have been rumors that have circulated for years that Twiggy suffered from anorexia but according to the former model herself, she has never had an eating disorder and was naturally thin and slender.

Eating disorders are not caused by physical deformities or problems in the brain. Instead, they are more like fears and delusions. Therapies that work for eating disorders are meant to try and help the affected patient or individual learn to have a healthy relaionship with food again and to be healthy.

Bulimics tend to eat anything and everything as fast as they can and drink down a lot of soda because the bubbles help it come up easier and bulimics tend to weigh more because during their binges they take in about 20,000 calories and when you expell that from your system you're only bringing up half of the calories. Anorexics on the other hand will cut up their food into itty bitty little pieces and sit and rearrange it on their plate to make it look like they have eaten something. Anorexics weigh much less than bulimics because they only take in about 400 calories a day at the most.

Yes, more so from bulimia, though (vomit contains acidic stomach juices which wear away at tooth enamel).

Eating 800 calories a day is very dangerous. A man of that height and weight should be consuming about 2,000 to 2,200 calories a day. If they wished to lose weight, the best way would be to reduce the calories to around 1,600 to 1,800 calories a day and begin to exercise. Such a dramatic cut in calories (to 800, for example), would reall begin to wreak havoc on the metabolism and not lead to healthy, long-term weight loss.

In addition to medical care, sexual dysfunction may be treated by sex therapy or psychotherapy depending on its causes.

It seldom is ever just one person who makes a mean comment about weight that forces someone to become anorexic. Often, it takes many comments of some period of time for the person to begin to develop their anorexic tendencies. Usually it is coupled with low self esteem and low body image.

Didn't your kindergarten teacher ever tell you not to eat paper?

Organs shut down or are stressed in people with eating disorders because of the lack of nutrition. Without eating properly and / or mainting a healthy lifestyle and weight, the organ do not have the nutrients that they need to function properly. As a result, they cannot operate and will begin to fail or be placed under a lot of stress.

If you are not hungry, that is not a sign of an eating disorder.

Not eating because you think you are fat can be a sign of an eating disorder. Most people with anorexia or bulimia have body dysphoric disorder, where they cannot really judge how they look.

Regardless, skipping meals is unhealthy at any level.

Usually bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa stem from a long build up of "not good enough" feelings. They're both linked to depression and self-hate, so in a sense, yes. Others may have a great influence on whether or not someone may turn to anorexia and bulimia for release.

Some people just blame the media for anorexia in teenagers these days, but I believe with the struggles of a teenager in itself, the media is sort of just a trigger.

Yes.

Kylie Minogue has not publicly identified herself as anorexic. Throughout her career, she has faced speculation about her weight and health, particularly during her battle with breast cancer. However, she has emphasized the importance of body positivity and mental health, and any claims regarding her having anorexia should be approached with caution and sensitivity.

Potentially it can, yes, if the hormone and weight levels in the body are not yet stable or at proper, healthy levels.

There is no "medical process" for starvation. Starving yourself (other than for religious reasons, like fasting for an observance) would possibly be considered a sign of the eating disorder called Anorexia.

Yes, but your term "get" anorexia is off. It is not something you just "get". Instead, it is a disease that will manifest itself over time and develop into a more serious disorder.

You want tips to kill yourself? You want tips to help you destroy your muscles, your kidneys, your digestive system and eventually... cause your heart to stop beating? This is what you are asking for when you decide to practice anorexia. This is very dangerous to your body. People have died from this. First of all, find out if you *really* need to lose weight or do you just think you need to. There is a disorder called "Body Dismorphic Disorder" where people think they are larger than they actually are. Also, are there any physical conditions that contribute to weight gain? You should see a doctor and find out if your weight and height are proportionate, or go to http://medcalc.com/growth/chart.php . This site has a good growth chart wherein you can plug in your height, weight and age, and it will tell you whether or not your BMI is above or below the average for your ageand stature. After you log onto the page, fill in your age, ht, wt, and gender. There are little drop-down buttons to change kilograms to pounds...all you have to do is click on it. Anyway, after you do this, look further down and you will see options for the type of growth chart you want. The easiest to read is "BMI for age". Click on that one, then click on the button that says "Create Growth Chart". It will open a page with the chart on it and there will be a little red dot on it. That will indicate if you are over the 50th percentile of people or under, or average. If you're a little over, don't worry about that because this chart does not take into account whether or not people are "big-boned". If you actually do need to lose some weight, *please* do not start starving yourself. There is nothing attractive about a sick person and anorexia is a sickness. It is much healthier to lose weight by eating a balanced diet and getting some healthy exercise. You will live a longer happier life doing that than by starving yourself and thereby running the risk of a heart attack, kidney failure and least of all, early skin wrinkles. It's literally "murder" on your skin because it depletes all the collogen from under your skin and your skin starts to wrinkle and sag. Not pretty! You are worth much more than this! Take care of YOU!!

It depends on the individual and the severity of the case. The more severe, the more rapid weight loss will occur and be noticeable.

Women are more likely and most people from ages 11- 19 are more common to suffer either bulimia and anorexia nervosa, but adults can suffer from these eating disorders too.