[rarestia]

It’s a mental disorder characterized most notably by poor self-image and a distorted view of one’s body. There are myriad drugs on the market to help these people, if they so choose.

Some people just don’t want to eat. Look at some of these Indian people who claim to live 100 years eating little more than some berries and drinking fetid water from the Ganges.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

There is an anorexic woman in my neighborhood who is also bulimic. She will gorge herself at parties and always carries this HUGE jug of water. I've heard so many women gripe about how she can finish off platters of appetizers!

She is very tiny, has had to have her front teeth capped, and in the summer she runs at 3pm in the heat of the day wearing long sweat pants and a sweat top, with an additional band of some sort around her waist to cause additional sweating. She looks like death in that heat.

And as probably would be expected, her children have suffered due to her complete obsession with eating.

[wideminded]

It’s a mental disorder characterized most notably by poor self-image and a distorted view of one’s body.

Having been observing people with anorexia for much of my life, I'd say that there's more to it than that.

There are myriad drugs on the market to help these people, if they so choose.

That's BS. There is currently no drug that can cure anorexia. And anyway, the point is that they don't choose.

Look at some of these Indian people who claim to live 100 years eating little more than some berries ...

People like that are lying.