Help?! Does my friend have a problem?!

Help?! Does my friend have a problem?

She hates her body and wants to lose about 12 pounds. She's currently 5'3'' and 111 pounds, she wants to lose 12 pounds because she feels fat. But i don't see this. She goes on regular one or two day fasts. And When she feels exspecially bad about her body she'll fast for like an entire week on nothing but water and green tea. If it was up to her she wouldn't eat any more than 300 calories a day. But her parents often push her to eat dinner. Sometimes when she eats a normal sized meal or snack, she will purge, because she does want to gain weight.Her goal weight is 99 pounds, at 5'3''. She disclosed this information to me because she's scared and needed someone to talk to. I know this is some sort of eating disorder, but what is it?!?! And can she get treatment without anyone knowing? thanks in advance

ur friend has anorexia, a very serious eatin disorder, n i no becoz i had it.
first of all support her, tell her she is not fat, she wont believe u at first bt eventually she may. tell her that lookin like uve just got out of a concentration camp is not attractive nor healthy. the weight that she want to be is far from healthy. bein this under weight has a number of health problems bothe physically and mentally :
1) no energy which can lead to faintin
2) ur periods stop, as it cannot support havin a child (not sayin that she is goin to get pregnant bt the body doesnt no this)
3) u can stunt ur growin
4) u lack vital nutrients in food, especially calcium which can lead to oestioprosis in later life (brittle bones that crumble away)
5) cud possibly prevent her fertility in later years,
6) the person becomes very with drawn n doesnt want to become a part of society
7)every wakin moment is spent thinkin about food, nothin else matters
8) if ur friend is bein sick, then the acid in the stomach is brought up n erode away the teeth
9) continually bein sick becomes a normal thing, so even when ur friend doesnt force herself to be sick she still may b sick as the muscles of her stomach are used to throwin up the food.

basically livin like this is hell!

bt yes she can get help bt she needs it ASAP!

if u can get her to go to the doctor as they can refer ur friend to a family clinic or child phcarhatrist which does not mean that she is crazy, bt needs alot of suport.
also if u can either get her to tell her parents bt if u can mayb u cud tell them just so that they can realise wot their daughter is goin through n can help n support her.

trust me wot she is goin through is not worth it, becoz even if she does get over it , for some it never really goes or not for a long time, bt it really is not worth it i cant stress this enough, i've been there n done it, n lookin back now i cnt believe i was so stupid to do it.

bt try to get ur friend to love her body, tell her she is unique n if she becomes more confident then guys are just goin to love her!!! bt plz help her to stop before it gets worse, i think she sats this weight as a goal that she wants to achieve as somethin to aim for, so instead of her aimin for this try to get her to think more positivly n aim for somethin else, like good grades, or if shes into sport like gettin better at it, bt basically get her mind off the weight, take her shoppin! that always works for me bt not so that she is surrounded by size 0 people if u no wot i mean,

i hope this helps, bt yes ur friend seriously needs help!!!
if u want any more advice feel free to email me.

hope ur friend gets better!!! there is so much more to life than worryin about wot u look like.