im 14 and weigh 96 pounds, am i anorexic?

Question

im like 5'3 or 5'4 ((cant remember)) but is this healthy, am i too under weight? am i anorexic??

i mean i eat, but not all the time cuz im not usually hungry, but is this dangerous?

Answer 1

yes you are underweight. there are special calculations called BMI which means body mass index and accoring to your height and weight you are UNDERWEIGHT

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

do you know whar anorexia nervosa is? it is characterized by starving yourself because you are afriad of getting fat. if someone showed a normal picture of you(how you look like now) and an altered picture of you to look "bigger" yuou would automaticaly and efinately agree with the larger altered picture of you. do you think you would do this if you were ever given the choice? are you so afraid to eat cause you dont want to take in too many caolries and 'get fat" if not then this is not anorexia.... i dont think you are anorexic sonce you say you do eat but you just arent hungry. its understandavle that you arent hungry in your circumstances now. you are young and have a hig metabolism. on top of that you arent that active.. therefore you are not eating alot. you mostly stay in that room all day? when you sleep alot you dont need to eat as much. all food is is "fuel" literally. your body needs food to run off of. so if you arent active and outside or exercising. then of course you arent going to be eating alot cause you arent that active at the moment. also depression can cause changes in appetite. it can make you gain or loose your appetite. also stree can change your appetite as well.. so it can be a combination of depression and not being that active lately so your body doesnt need te fuel. also the food is bad there!. but eat it. you need those nutrients and vitamins cause you are still growing! even if it is the leather turkey! lol


but seriously if you dont have a fear of getting fat and the other examples i stated above then you do not have anorexia nervose.. anorexia is a psychological disorder. not a physical one. it can lead to alot of physical health problems. but you are underweight at the moment. just try to eat. i know you arent afriad of eating.

Answer 2

You shouldn't let a stereotypical image worry you too much. Many people would die to be thin as you are.

You are underweight but some teens are just naturallly thin. As long as you continue to eat properly and exercise you will be ok. If you are concerned about you weight, go to your doctor and ask him or her about how you can put on more weight in a healthy way.

The way I see it, as long as you are healthy and happy then you shouldn't worry. Just because you are thin doesn't mean you are anorexic. You eat when you want to, you shouldn't force yourself to eat if you are not hungry. As long as you don't force yourself to throw up, starve yourself and then binge eat, or over exercise without eating, then you are ok.

Just continue to eat properly and exercise. If your weight still bothers you, consider talking to your doctor. He may have a suggestion, but it is also likely that you will be thin all your life, there is nothing wrong with it.

I have a friend who is in the 10th grade and she's just at or under 5 foot 2 or 3in i belive and she is easily under 100 pounds, there is nothing wrong with that. It's just how she was built.

Answer 3

Anorexia is a medical condition. There are plenty of places that you can find questionnaires to determine if you have it. Just being 5'4" and 96 pounds doesn't mean you are anorexic. Some people have small frames and are skinny. How is your appetite? What is your diet like? What is your body image like? Ask your doctor if you are concerned or unsure. You might have other medical conditions which could cause you to be underweight.

Answer 4

no u r not anorexic. im 13, 5'3 and weigh 94 lbs. anorexic means u dont eat not that ur not hungry (unless ur just lieing about the being not hungry part). i eat ALL the freakin time and always have and im not anorexic

Answer 5

obviously you dont know what anorexia is. when your anorexic you dont choose not to eat, you CANT eat. Being anorexic means not going anywhere with your friends, because there might be food thier. It means lying to your parents, and family because you dont want them to bug you about food. it means exercising off twice the amount of calories you ate that day. it means weighing youself 20 times a day to see if you lost an ounce. Enduring hunger pangs because if you eat you will gain all the weight back. ALL YOU THINK ABOUT IS FOOD! you cant think about your homework. you think about how many calories you ate that day, and how many you worked off. you wonder how many calories were in your toothpaste. you feel guity for eating that piece of celery. having a full stomach feels disgusting! sure you can skip a meal or two here of there. it doesnt make you anorexic. Maybe you can even distract yourself for a day or two with the "thin tricks" but it still doesnt make you anorexic. Being anorexic is ALOT more then how you look. its how you think. its how you act. its how you feel.Its a mental disease! so when people say your anorexic get angry! be offendid!!! its nothing to be proud of!!!! Its DISGUSTING DISEASE. you dont want it. its a gross sickening disease. your teeth rot. your hair falls out. your skin gets a yellow hue, you bones bulge.You have to be naked every day so the doctors can weigh you. its nasty and it SUCKS.

Now about your body. You have nothing to worry about. its perfectly normal to be skinny at your age. Your young, and still growing. You will gain weight, when you get your period.

just remember to not call yourself anorexic, it IS NOT cool or "In".

Answer 6

Not at all unless your eating and throwing it back up.I'm 27 years old and 5'4 and I weigh a 100 lb My doctors have tested me for thyroid disease cause can make people thinner side when it is over active thyroid but I'm fine and believe it or not I eat like a pig and don't gain a pound and I'm healthy just be glad your not fat

Answer 7

Well I'd suggest using a BMI.

I have a friend that is 5'4 ot 5'5 and shes about 95 pounds, she doesn't look anorexic though and she eats regular healthy meals.;o. Shes not muscular either.

Answer 8

Honestly honey, I didnt hit over 100lbs until I was 17, and I am the same height as you. Everyone gave me crap saying I was anorexic, even though I ate like a horse. I was just really small framed, and did a lot of walking because I didnt have a car. If you are really concerned, just ask your doctor.

Answer 9

do you limit your food on purpose or are you seriously not hungry?
anorexia means that you have a decrease in appetite which could be fine or bad depending on the reason (if your sick it would be bad)
anorexia nervosa means you volentarily control your body weight by starvation, purging, vomiting, excesive excercise, diet pills or drugs

i think you are asking if you have the eating disorder and i would say you definitly know if you have the disorder probably not unless you do the things mentioned above

anorexic has become more of a slang term for some thought of as skinny or too skinny though so in that sense you may be but just eat when you feel like it and don't worry about other people saying **** like that you know if its true and as long as your healthy thats what matters

Answer 10

Don't worry about it, I'm 14, 5 foot, and I weigh 87lb. I just have a high metabolism and boy you should see me EAT, I can eat like 1/2 a turkey in 10 min!