Is this girl anorexic?

Question

Most people say that Anorexic people dont eat but is that is true how do they live for years? so thats a wrong concept, they do eat but very little.
This girls I am talking about eats 3 times a day but very little and very low calories food, would you say she is amorexic?

Answer 1

Yes, she could be. It's a myth that anorexics do not eat at all. They do eat, though the caloric levels are severely restricted. The criteria for anorexia is:

A. Refusal to maintain a normal body weight for height/age (less than 85% ideal body weight)
B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
C. Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
D. absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles.

Even if she does not meet the full criteria for anorexia, she may still have an eating disorder and need help. Is she in any kind of treatment? Have you tried talking with her? Here's an article for helping a friend or family member with an eating disorder: http://www.edreferral.com/helping_loved_ones.htm

Here are 2 links for ED info and treatment resources (therapists, nutritionists, inpatient facilities, etc.):
http://www.something-fishy.org/treatmentfinder/
http://www.edreferral.com

Answer 2

Well, no one can survive if they don't eat anything. Anorexics usually drastically limit their amount of food intake, they may go without food for several days, but they have to eat sometime just to stay alive. I have no idea if your friend is Anorexic, I don't know the individual circumstances, only that she doesn't eat much, can you add any more details. Does she seem obsessive about her weight/body, does she complain that she is fat when she looks perfectly fine, is she losing a lot of weight, how many calories would you estimate that she eats per day. If you are concerned, you should tell a teacher. This is what my friend did, and although I was angry with her at the time, I am so grateful that she did now, as I got my life right back on track. Trust me, one day she will thank you for it. Take care : )

Answer 3

It depends on the total amount of calories. I know someone who ate like that and she looked HORRIBLE. She was pale and had no energy. I dont talk to her about it, but she is happier now that she has begun eating more. The body NEEDS calories. I cannot say by this she is, but it sounds likely. Look at her height and weight and judge by that. If she's eating very little, then she very may well be. Caloriesperhour.com is helpful in this.

Anorexics DO eat. They eat just enough to not starve. Even the starving manage to live for years(they consume enough to not die) What most people mean is they dont eat enough to call it eating and they rarely eat around others. If you eat only fruit ALL the time, you may as well not be eating because you are not getting the required calories for the body to function properly and you are not getting all the required nutrition. Anorexics also tend to gain vast amounts of wait when they come to their senses.

Considering your other question, I wonder if this friend is yourself.

Answer 4

If she is obsessed with her weight and think she looks fat even though she's skeletal or very thin, then yes she could be anorexic. Some anorexics also binge and purge so many of them are also bulimic. I was. Obviously, they have to eat something to stay alive, but they eat very very little. The first answerer isn't completely accurate. That might be what she did, but everyone is different. I was anorexic but I was also bulimic so I did eat, but I purged. My lowest weight was 79 and I'm 5'3. I wouldn't eat anything during the day, but when I got home from work, I would binge and binge until my daily exercises would start.

Answer 5

It seems you are very preoccupied with food because of what you ask in your questions. Anorexics vary. Some eat virtually nothing and whittle themselves down to a dangerous level, while others eat the bare minimum to keep themselves barely there. Ethier way it is not healthy. Yes they say that liviing things that starve and eat the bare minimum live longer but that doesn't mean they are healthier. Eating to make sure you get proper nutrition, taking a multivitamen and drinking a lot of water is best to stay healthy.

Answer 6

Anorexic girls don't live for years without medical intervention. Its more important to look at her and see if shes taking laxatives or putting her finger down her throat or if shes always exercising and is constantly obsessing on food.
If shes just on a careful, but healthy diet and isn't too thin then just keep an eye out for her because you are obviously concerned enough to ask.

Answer 7

well she is still under her weight limit and she really needs to eat more and more than what she is already eating. even thou people can live for many many years being anorexicshe needs to stop straining her body like that.and maybe something is wrong with her mentaly that she has gotten this way in the first place.

Answer 8

yes.she could be anorexic.anorexia doesnt only mean that you dont eat or youre all bones.anorexia can also be when you have a strict restriction of calories,or if you skip meals,or if youre constantly exercising and finding everyu way known to burn calories.anorexia is a mental thing too.

Answer 9

anorexics usually still eat a little.. but they eat things like celery and fruit and other things that will not make them put on weight..

Answer 10

I wouldn't say she is anorexic.Because anorexic people eat only once and thats like only grapes.