Eating disorders....?

Question

Hey.
I was writing up something on eating disorders for school.
I was wondering.....what happens if you don't eat for a week? How much weight would you loose? Can you possibly die? Will you develop an eating disorder?
If anyone can help me with this I would really appreciate it.

Answer 1

Hi,
if you don't eat for a week the chances of you dying are extremely slim, especially as long as you still take in fluid. You will just feel very tired, your stomach may hurt at times, you will probably get headaches too...I have went through periods of this, as i suffer from an eating disorder. If you starve yourself for a week...the effects of weight loss are going to be short term...you could loose up to 5-7plbs, depending on what you originally weigh and normally eat, however of you continue starvatin your body will start clinging to everything you eat and you won't loose weight easily. If you have stopped eating for a week chances are you have already developed the eating disorder, if not and you do this and feel it worked...it could spur you onto developing one.

hope this helps x

Answer 2

If you dont eat for a week, you will get bad stomach cramps and feel ill. Not sure how much weight you would lose. It's unlikely that you will die, as you can supposedly live up to 2-3 weeks without food. Also, it's highly unlikely that you will have an eating disorder unless you already had one.

Answer 3

Not eating for a week can make you very sick. If you only drink water you might not become dehydrated but you will become weak and your
body will stop functioning. Our organs need the
vitamins and minerals we get from food to keep work properly. Just look at some pictures of people from Third World countries. Yes you will lose weight but you will also lose muscle tissue.
That is not healthy.

Answer 4

Your body will go into starvation mode and try to live off the fat already stored in your body. If you are drinking water then you wont die but you will make yourself seriously ill and only for a few pounds of weight loss?

Answer 5

Hi Jen.
If you don't eat for a week, chances are that you will obviously allootaaa weight.
I don't exactly know how much though...and you will most likely develop an eating disorder.
You will most likely not die....maybe you will faint and your state of homeostasis will go down.
Hope I helped. =]

Answer 6

if you dont eat for whle your stomachmight eat the lining and it would cause an ulcer or something if you are used to large meals it might kill you but if you arnt it just might be a big shockk

Answer 7

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