Warning Signs
Here is a short list of behaviours and beliefs that may mean an individual is susceptible
to developing an eating disorder, with serious physical and emotional consequences.
- Preoccupation with food, eating habits, weight.
- Belief that thinness equals happiness.
- Perception of being overweight despite others' appraisal of low or normal weight
and even in the face of verifiable weight loss.
- Experience that eating or weighing on a scale can determine one's emotional state,
leading to the use of food to control emotions.
- Frequent use of a harmful or ineffective method of weight control - diet pills,
fad diets, laxatives, diuretics, starvation, or vomiting.
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