My friend recently battled anorexia...?!
Question: My friend recently battled anorexia...?
My friend recently battled anorexia, and she went done from 80kg to 45kg in a few months, and we realised after weeks but thought nothing of it, but that dsnt matter. Im doing a project on anorexia in PHSE and wanted to know why in the last 5 months of her recovery she hasnt gained any weight? She drank a lot of water whilst having anorexia and apparently this was what kept her metabolism going.. Is this true? Does anyone have any further info on this or on anorexia in general? Thanks very much in advance.
-Hannah
-Hannah
Answers:
If she hasnt gained any weight then I would suspect she isnt actually in recovery. Does she have support? Hopefully they are watching her carefully.
Since water has 0 calories, I doubt it has any effect on her metabolism. Not that her metabolism would keep her at an unhealthy weight if she was eating correctly.
There are plenty of websites to learn about it. Start with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_ne…
and
http://www.medicinenet.com/anorexia_nerv…