Do you find people are more compassionate to people with anorexia than those with binge eating disorder?

I think it has to do with thinking of obesity as being simply a lack of self-control (in spite of a lot of scientific evidence to the contrary). We, as a society, still prefer thin people to heavy...

Well, a few things. First of all, the majority of people with bulimia aren't actually underweight (unless they are 'bulimarexic' or have purging-type anorexia), so it's easy for...

Only if your eating disorder involved eating children.

You can lose up 10-15 pounds in a week very easily. That is unless you have absolutely no activity in your life. Exercise with bulimia can be difficult because of the lack of energy directly associ...

Instead of dieting, change your eating habits to include lots of vegetables and fruits, Eat smaller amounts (smaller sizes) of protein (meats, chicken, fish) with the larger amounts of veggies. A...

awww im sorry to hear that. actually that may have hurt your growth ....because in your teen years is when you grow the most and the food you intake and way you treat your body will determine how ...

Actually laxatives don't work. The food is already abosrbed into the body through the small intestine not large intestine (which is where laxatives work). It's not a healthy alternative.....

You have nothing to fear, you can be totally honest. Eating disorders are usually don't require inpatient treatment (being sent away). I believe your friend must have had many other problems...