When a person is anorexic when do you start to notice their weight loss?

Question

How long does it take to notice someone is anorexic and has lost weight?

Answer 1

When the face becomes gaunt and hair is starting to fall out. You notice the arms are extremely smaller than usually and the gauntness in the eyes. They become sunken in.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It would usualy take awhile because it is not usualy something u wake up one morning and decide, its usually more like a problem that develops over time and yea ur more likely to notice a change in the eating habits first, like skipping or avoiding meals, saying they have already eatin when it seems unlikely, and being tired and moody all the time as well as some weight loss is a really good indiocation that something is deffinately wrong.

Answer 4

usually a loss of 10% or more of their normal weight at a rapid speed, say, less than 3 weeks. Example: girl weighing 110 lbs. loses 15 lbs. in 2-1/2 weeks, that is going to be noticable. thats about how much it takes to be noticable in most cases...look for baggier clothing as well as an indicator of a problem.

Answer 5

4-6 weeks they will start dropping weight like crazy in that 4-6 week period the body is adjusting its self to the constant changes If thay are annorexic and you are trying to find out SNOOP look for laxatives, weight loss pills, bags of vomit in thier closet or bedroom trash can or under thier bed laxatives will usually be in a sock drawer burried or wrapped in a sock under the mattress or in the backpack unless they have special hiding places

Answer 6

Well I dnt know anything about that but I think that its hard to tell when someone is anorexic. Because something that might seem to be normal for other might not be for others. So I will recommend for that person to visit the doctor.

Answer 7

Def sunken in eyes, I knew a girl once, anorexic, has turned her life around somewhat, but she used to look like a skeleton. Gives me shivers.

Answer 8

It's less about the weight and more about the way they start relating to other people. It's when they start becoming secretive and uncomfortable about food. Or when they start pushing food around on their plate to make it look partially eaten. They typically lose good relationships -- especially with family members since they don't want anyone to know.
So, it's not about weight, it's about their relations.

Answer 9

Depends on the person. If they are chubby, then you would see it in about a week. If they were already skinny, then they would look mostly the same because their clothes would hide the bones. Generally, the first place you see it is in the face. They look sick and kind of dead.

Answer 10

common associated features of Anorexia Nervosa: Depressed mood, social withdrawal, irritability, insomnia, diminished interestin sex, obsessive-compulsive features both related and not related to food (watching cooking shows, planning meals, cooking for others, hoarding food, excessive exercise, continually staring, pinching, criticing parts of their body), concerns about or avoidance of eating in public, feeings of ineffectiveness, a strong need to control one's environment, infelxible thinking, limited social spontaneity, perfectionsm, overly restrained inititive and emotional expression, impulse control problems related to alcohol, drugs, sex or suicide, mood lability -- as described by the DSM-IV-TR, Also you should keep in mind there are two subtypes of anorexia nervosa - restricting type (dieting, fasting and exorsice) and binge-eating/purging type (the person binges and or purges, one or both of these can be present, for example the individual may binge then exercise excessively or fast to eliminate the calories, or they may eat a small or normal amount but use laxitive or induce vomiting, or both-this is not just a symptom of bulimia nervosa). Either way you need to contact someone who can help you - a perfessional if at all possible or someone who can get you in touch with one, so you can get help for the person you think may be suffering with this. And just a warning, it is highly unlikely that they'd be happy that you are doing this, even though it is to help them, you need to keep this in mind cause its not going to be easy but it the only way to help them.