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Could one with eating disorders such as anorexia be skinny fat?

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Dr. Humberto Quintana answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Typically skinny: Anoxria involve a fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. The person is involved in pesistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, even thought at a signifcantly low level. Anorexia Nervosa leads to low body weight in the context of age, sex, develoment and physical health. Although thin the peson does not recognize themselves or body on self evaluation as being seriously of low weight.

Answered 5/18/2014

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