Where can I view comprehensive Eating Disorder Information?
By Butterfly: There are constantly questions being asked here about eating disorders and also a lot of wrong and potentially damaging information being thrown around. As eating disorders are a serious issue, I thought Id take up the challenge to put together a comprehensive post that gives you all the basic details you may find helpful if you are concerned for your own health or that of a friend or family member. ANOREXIA NERVOSA Description Anorexia is categorised as excessive weight loss as the result of food intake restriction. This restriction is driven by the fear of being or becoming overweight despite the fact the sufferer may never have been overweight to begin with. Anorexics tend to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (see below) which means they will continue to see themselves as fat or overweight no matter how much weight they lose. Even when an anorexic may be able to see that they are painfully thin (which is uncommon but does happen) they may still feel fat and thus con
