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Can you have normal weight and still have eating disorder?
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Yes: Eating disorders fall into several categories. Someone with bulimia nervosa usually has close to normal weight but they maintain their weight by dangerous purging (vomiting). Eating rituals or behaviors can be associated with obsessive compulsive disorder which can lead to eating problems as well.
Answered 4/16/2016
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Absolutely!: Even people with anorexia nervosa may go through periods of normal weight or higher than normal weight, and their diagnosis is still anorexia nervosa.
Answered 1/14/2013
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