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People tried to explain to me how anorexics lose so much weight so fast, but they critics me. please explain. i know it's a serious condition but how?
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Many reasons why: It's serious. Remember too low a body weight or inappropriate efforts at weight loss, like you see in anorexia nervosa, disrupt many bodily function including hormonal regulation, impair bone health and lead to micro/macronutrient malnutrition, and electrolyte abnormalities that can compromise the heart(even cause death.)
Answered 10/30/2018
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5'3" and 78lbs? Is this a serious anorexic weight? I feel fat, and eat 0-300 cal. a day, sometime binge and purge, still lose weight, and laxatives.
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Is this an anorexic weight 5'3" and 78lbs. How severe is it? I need to know. I purge 3 times a day and take 10 laxatives a night?
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