Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.
Anorexia is not rare.
"An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime." From the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.
Please don't lump people who casually worry about their weight and diet, with people who have a true disease - it muddies the water for everyone and doesn't help patients.
3.7 percent of women- so roughly (I'm doing math in my head) like one in 20?
That's hardly rare. I'm speaking as someone who has flirted with anorexia myself and have plenty of friends who have as well.
It's WAY more common than you think.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.
Anorexia is not rare.
"An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime." From the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.
Please don't lump people who casually worry about their weight and diet, with people who have a true disease - it muddies the water for everyone and doesn't help patients.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.
Anorexia is not rare.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.
Anorexia is not rare.
Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.
Anonymous wrote:She's very thin, but she doesn't have the look of an anorexic. Especially not in the face.
Anonymous wrote:
Oh Lord, we've had this discussion already.
No, she is not anorexic. Anorexia is a rare and life-threatening mental illness. Not every thin person is anorexic.
Europeans are generally much thinner than Americans (not exactly hard!).
Some people find it hard to gain weight at certain points in their life - my mother is like this, and she eats quite normally.
She is probably very conscious of her image and has the means to perfect it - which again, in Europe, is a perfectly good one.