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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2005undernutrition
My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a good day, she'll have a peice of toast in the morning. Please Please Please help. We've tried numerous GPs but they can't help her. What's even weirder is that she is very healthy. I once read that if you let kids have chocolates only for a whole week, they'll want proper food the next week. Can that work? I'll have to force feed her chocolate then..just kidding. Please help. What is your friend's weight and height? Are you sure that you are observing absolutely everything that she eats? i > My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. > She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a good day, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Please help.  Signature223/173.2/180 What do you mean healthy? Is she getting that bony anorexia look? Could she do a half hour cardio without collapsing? Is she trying to reduce her weight further or just maintain? > What do you mean healthy? > > Is she getting that bony anorexia look? Could she do a half hour cardio > without collapsing? Is she trying to reduce her weight further or just > maintain? she is her school team's gymnastic captain. she plays soccer too. she takes no supplement whatsover. She is 5'9 and weighs about 50 kg. I have a feeling that she has loads of sexual energy which remains unused. this is the only explanation i can conjure up. >> What do you mean healthy? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > that she has loads of sexual energy which remains unused. this is the only > explanation i can conjure up. How old is she? Young people have different ranges of normal weight than adults. Signature223/173.2/180 >> she is her school team's gymnastic captain. she plays soccer too. she >> takes [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How old is she? Young people have different ranges of normal weight > than adults. 50kg is only 110lbs, giving a BMI of only 16.5, surely underweight even for a teenager. If she ate normally & stayed @ that weight, it could be OK but the OP also says: "She doesn't even feel hungry. She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a good day, she'll have a peice of toast in the morning." Surely that can't be normal at any age, sounds like she suffers from some form of anorexia. >>> she is her school team's gymnastic captain. she plays soccer too. she >>> takes [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Surely that can't be normal at any age, sounds like she suffers from some > form of anorexia. Check out http://kidshealth.org/misc/body_mass_index/P_bmi_chart.html If the girl in question was 15, she would be within the ideal range interval of 5-85% percentile (just above the bottom 5% by BMI). If she was 14, she would be comfortably in that interval. I have no idea how old she is, so, I cannot say for sure if she is or is not underweight. Teenagers grow tall quickly and can become rather thin for some time, hence the lower ideal weight range. BMI also is a mathematically wrong index, because it uses a square of height instead of the cube, so, very small children have super small BMIs even though they could be quite chubby. For example, a 4 year old with the BMI of 20 would be a very obese child, way off the charts in weight. It is not as important for adults, who differ in height by a few dozen percents, but it is very important for children, who are several times smaller than adults. Signature223/173.2/180 > My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. > She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a good day, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Please help. You can't do this by yourselves. She's not healthy if she's not eating anything. She needs to decide for herself to go to a therapist, this is not something one can do alone or just with friends. If you can get her to talk to a professional with experience in eating disorders that would be the way to start. Eating disorders or just that: disorders. It's serious business. Let's put it this way: either she eats or she will die. Martha >> My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. >> She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Martha I know that and she does too. She had a very traumatic childhood. she is 17 going on 18 this month. She tried getting help with several GPs but they can't do anything. Sigh thx for everyone's input though. > >> My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. > >> She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > going on 18 this month. She tried getting help with several GPs but they > can't do anything. Sigh thx for everyone's input though. GPs are not who I reccomended. They rarely know enough about eating disorders to help in any constructive way. I know a little about this through personal experience. Most folks don't know enough. Go to a specialized THERAPIST, not a medical doctor, unless she needs immediate emergency care. Martha A log of exactly what she eats and how much might help one understand what is going on. I suspects she eats more than you are representing. If she is anorexic, there are specialists.... > My friend doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't even feel hungry. > She usually drinks only a glass of juice a day and that's it. On a good day, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Please help. |
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