I'm doing a report on Anorexia Nervosia?!
Question: how much do anorexics loose in a week?
how do they hide it from their parents/family?
do they KNOW there anorexic by not eating?
thanks.
Answers: how much do anorexics loose in a week?
how do they hide it from their parents/family?
do they KNOW there anorexic by not eating?
thanks.
Everyone loses weight at a different pace, no matter how they are losing it (healthy or unhealthy). Most of the time, the come up with common excuses to hide it from their parents, like "I already ate after school so I'm not hungry for dinner", or "I dont feel well", etc, or they will avoid being home at meal time. I think the third question is a mix, sometimes I think they know, but I think most of the time they are in denial about it. Usually anorexics start off with just skipping a meal here or a meal there, so it's gradually increased until they're not eating much of anything... For a lot more information on eating disorders here is a great website, there are also links on this website to a bunch of other good websites.
http://www.myeatingdisorder.com
Good luck, hope I helped answer your questions.
<<HUGS>> Toni Lynne
Depends on the person as to how much they will lose in a week. Some of the ways to hide it from parents and family would be telling them that they already ate when someone notices that they aren't eating or if someone mentions that it looks like they are losing weight they might say they've been working out a lot or they had a virus that made them lose a lot. Sometimes they really don't know they are anorexic. They just think they are fat and food is the cause so they hardly eat anything. Education is they key. Once they find out that starving themselves can cause a lot of problems with their health, they want help but are afraid of going through treatment because they think they will get fat. If they can learn how to eat the right way and exercise, they can overcome this issue. Some anorexic people feel it's the only control they have in their lives and to take away what they do to themselves would be taking away their control. This doesn't mean that they are controlling people it's more of a hopeless feeling with everything else in their lives so they have control over themselves. God, self respect and educating themselves about their bodies can help them get past the old ways of thinking that caused them to be anorexic.