Misunderstanding

You fail at knowing about all "the ******* eating disorders".

Technically, be clinically diagnosed with anorexia, you need to be 15% underweight or more (DSM criteria). However, you're right--if someone who is obese or overweight is starving themselves or exercising too much, they need treatment just as badly as someone who meets the diagnostic criteria.

Isn't there a difference between anorexia and anorexia nervosa though? Yes, you have to be 15% underweight to have anorexia, but anorexia nervosa is the psychological aspect of it, which you can have regardless of your actual body weight.

hey dumbass, ever heard of BMI? That's the normal weight for an individual. Dumbass....

Lem0n-You're right about the nomenclature but wrong about your interpretation of the distinction. "Anorexic" simply means "not eating." Someone fasting for religious purposes could be termed "anorexic." Anorexia nervosa is the clinical disorder, and the DSM criteria include being clinically underweight, having a fear of gaining weight, having a distorted body image, an amenorrhea (lack of menstrual period in a sexually mature woman). Mj- While a BMI is actually a pretty good measure of how healthy one's weight is, you're right, some healthy people will fall either below or above the parameters. (I myself am technically "underweight," but I'm perfectly healthy with normal eating habits, so believe me, I understand.) No one is going to be diagnosed just by their weight alone--they have to meet the other criteria as well. People with some eating disorder symptoms who don't meet all the DSM criteria are said to have a partial-syndrome eating disorder, or an eating disorder not-otherwise-specified (EDNOS), and they are included in the DSM as such. While certain insurance companies won't pay for the treatment of these disorders (because health care in our country sucks...not too surprising), the psychological community takes all kinds of disordered eating very seriously, particularly since if you catch a disorder before it becomes critical, it's much easier to treat.

In my country, anorexia (the eating disorder of course) can be diagnosed before you are underweight (or at least, I know someone who had been diagnosed before being underweight). But people generally don't do anything because "anorexic have to be deadly skinny" so those who suffers from it are rarely diagnosed or considered as "attention *****" though they do have a problem. Many death could be avoided if people believed those who realize they have a problem before they go too far.

Okay, maybe her friend was just being mean? Dude, you dont know what her friend's idea of what 'skinny' is. Anyways, if you read anything above, you would realize that a eating disorder doesnt mean your a super skinny anerexic chick. It just means you eat at an unhealthy pattern. Ya'll need to stop being so freaking mean. I bet $10 she isnt even fat, she just is having problems at the moment. Hon, your friends are just being rude about it. they probably thought you had to be 75 lbs to have an eating disorder. Dont let them bother you.

I would bet you $20 that the OP is fat. The problems she has at the moment are: her fat, her love handles, and that bucket of butter. @OP You're an idiot if you believe that an eating disorder could be the way to get skinny. Bulimics tend to gain some weight, and anorexics can sometimes become bulimic or end up binge-eating. Maybe, before you underwent such a major decision to change your body, you should have put in some research. Sure, they have a warped image, but why treat it by eating like a fool? How about you get off your ass and exercise?

yes, may I please have some jam on my cocktoast?

You're quite stupid you know. Some people actually BECOME fat BECAUSE of their eating disorder, especially bulemics or people who alternate between anorexia and bulemia (because their body stock fat quickly to prevent the next anorexic phase). And having an eating disorder is not a choice !