I have yet to ask my doctor. Yes. When you throw up your body produces extra stomic acid. If you are throwing up every day, then your body will get used to it and keep producing it more than it normally should. Also, if you aren’t eating at all, this will happen as well. If [...] Read more »
Does anyone know what happened to the Wallmeyer twins?
Clare and Rachel Wallmeyer were the anorexic twins from Australia. Does anyone know if they lived? I remember seeing them on the news a few years ago and it was the most horrific anorexia story I have ever seen. Also do you have any pictures of them? I understood that at least one of them [...] Read more »
How do religions, other than Christianity, view eating disorders?
Just curious, especially how various faiths, view eating disorders. (ex: Buddhism and it’s idea of self-deprivation and life as suffering.) answer: it’s not addressed historically or in the lore but most Heathens I know view it as a mental disorder and that person needs help and a lot of support. We aren’t taught that suffering [...] Read more »
Is There Really Something Wrong With Me?…
I’m starting to worry about something that has been going on with me. I haven’t been able to tell my parents, because I feel like they’ll think I’m over-reacting and being stupid. I haven’t been able to tell my friends either because of the opposite reason (they would over-react). A few years ago, I used [...] Read more »
Book about two girls with eating disorders?
There was a book that I read five years ago, whose title I have been trying to remember. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. The book was about two girls with eating disorders, one with Anorexia- and the other with Bulimia-Nervosa. Soon into the book, the two girls were put into a hospital [...] Read more »
American Media is totally being melodramatic about_______?
I want to know your opinion. I'll list some of mine and you can just type the made-up Kerry-ism 'flaggehdebleh' w/ opion number if you agree. 1) Anorexia. I think this eating disorder is getting WAY too much attention along with Bulimia. There ARE other eating disorders such as pique, binge eating, and a whole [...] Read more »
What can be included in a project about eating disorders?
We are doing a class project on eating disorders and the presentation must last 60 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas on what we could do & include in the presentation? You can start out with something like, "In todays society eating disorders are on the rise, the media shoves distorted perceptions of body image [...] Read more »
do u think this is a good persusive essay???
Should schools allow the sale of junk food? This is a question that majority of elementary, middle school and high school students would answer “Yes” to. I on the other hand am a part of the students that answer “No” to this question. As teenagers most students are not worried about their health, they are [...] Read more »
What percentage of obese people have eating disorders?
What percentage of obese people have eating disorders? Is it more common than unhealthy lifestyle? To clear it up, I mean people who have had eating disorders from the start, not after they started eating enormous amounts. Most people have unhealthy life styles, especially older folks who are passing their habits down to their kids. [...] Read more »
A ban on really thin models?
According to yahoo news, a Madrid fashion event have turned away underweight models, because young girls have developed eating disorders trying to copy their stick insect abnormal physiques. All I can say is about time too! But now model agencies are up in arms about the decision! Maybe hopefully, they will now get the message [...] Read more »
