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A member asked:

I have never been able to eat 2, 000 calories per day. am i anorexic?

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Not necessarily: You do not provide any details about your body mass index. You may not need 2000 calories per day. If you are healthy and your doctor is not concerned about this you probably have nothing to worry about.

Dr Pappas agreed

Answered 2/17/2013

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