What happens when a legimately Obese person develops Anorexia?

[sunrise_killer]

I mean, there are several questions I have about that.

1) Are there any additional health effects because the person is Obese and not of a normal weight when they develop the disease?

2) Is it still called Anorexia? Because they really are obese; it's not a body image problem.

3) Is the treatment any different?

4) How long does it take, on average, for the person to begin to reach the underweight category?

[Atonement]

Are there any additional health effects because the person is Obese and not of a normal weight when they develop the disease?

To my knowledge, the only different health effect would be the slight loss of stored weight when the person would begin to starve themselves. They could also go on longer without food unfortunately.

2) Is it still called Anorexia? Because they really are obese; it's not a body image problem.

Definition: Anorexia: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia is a serious psychological disorder.

Anorexia is a psychological disorder, nothing to do with present size. Even if they were truly overweight, there are healthy ways to reduce it rather and starve.

3) Is the treatment any different?

No. Anorexia is a psychological disorder. Therapy is a bigpart of helping conquer it. When a person is malnutritioned, the same treatment would be necessary as a lacks nutrition. Though, it would be much more critical with a smaller person rather than a larger person with more stored body fat and energy.

4) How long does it take, on average, for the person to begin to reach the underweight category?

Depends on the person. Anorexia is a terrible thing and no matter how drastic it may be, it is never good.

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No matter the weight and size of the person, anorexia is always a difficult thing to handle and is never positive. Diet and excercise safely is always a better idea than self starvation.

[byee]

Anorexia is a psychological problem, it's cause is a distortion in judgement and reality testing. Those with ED have self perceptions that are basically inaccurate, which causes them to misjudge their need (or lack of need) for food. There are often other issues, like control, self esteem, and the like, but the common theme is that the major determinant of the ED are emotional/psychological issues, not weight.

So, I suppose an obese person could develop anorexia, and to an outsider, what they're saying about themself might sound accurate (that they are overweight and need to lose weight), but they'd also probably exhibit the same distorted perceptions about other aspects of themself (and food), and perhaps most importantly, their reality testing and their judgement would be off, too. The psychological issues would still be present, eventhough the weight part of it might be accurate.

Anorexia is a very serious, potentially lethal disorder that always requires medical and psychological care. That's b/c the weight is really a symptom of those underlying psychological issues: Impaired reality testing and poor judgement, and of course, the symptom, the not eating part, can kill you.

I would imagine that the treatment for anorexia is basically the same regardless of weight, b/c the issue is psychological.