Anorexia
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Does your child or someone you know tend to ...
1. have experienced dramatic weight loss?
2. believe the minimum weight recommended for someone their age and height is too high for them?
3. base their self-worth on weight and body image?
4. frequently make excuses to not eat or skip meals?
5. eat only a few foods (and those tend to be low in fat and calories)?
6. cook meals for others, but not eat the meals themselves?
7. weigh themselves often and overreact to tiny fluctuations in weight?
8. wear baggy clothes or layer clothes hoping to disguise how thin they've become?
9. be obsessed with exercise (for example, they always want to exercise after eating)?
10. look in the mirror a lot and find flaws?
11. avoid social situations where food is available?
12. complain about being overweight, even though they are thin?
13. FEMALES: have missed 3 consecutive menstrual periods?
MALES: have decreased sexual drive?
Total 'Yes' 0 (out of 13 possible)
Interpretation Your answers do not indicate signs of anorexia. See your doctor if you are still concerned you may have an eating disorder.
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