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Eating Disorder:

• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Compulsive Overeating
• How to Help

Anorexia Nervosa:

Anorexia Nervosa is "an intense and irrational fear of body fat and weight gain, an iron determination to become thinner and thinner, and a misperception of body weight and shape to the extent that the person may feel or see "fat" even when emaciation is clear to others.  Food, calories, weight, and weight management dominate the person's life."

Facts vs. Myths

MYTH

Being thin will mean being happy.

FACT
Being happy is within you.  It is a state of mind you create that is not dependent on anything else.  You can be happy regardless of your weight or circumstances.

MYTH

Only good little rich girls become anorexic.

FACT
Although anorexia appears more pronounced in times of plenty, culture is currently preoccupied with thinness and many young women, regardless of their background and status, have bought in to this obsession.

Useful Links to other sites about Eating Disorders:

The Center for Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc

Eating Disorder Shared Awareness

MentalHealth.net’s Eating Disorder Page

Mirror Mirror Eating Disorder Shared Awareness

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center

Eating Disorders/Disordered Culture

Signs/Symptoms

•  Refusal to maintain body weight over a minimal normal weight for age and height (Specifically, remaining at least 15 percent below expected weight or losing 15 percent of expected weight.

•  Intense fear of weight gain.

•  Feeling fat or seeing areas of the body as huge, even when emaciated.

•  Absence of at least three or more monthly menstrual periods.

•  Preoccupation with food, calories, nutrition, and/or cooking.

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