In article >, Gary > wrote:

> Lou Decruss wrote:
> >
> > I met an anorexic woman 20+ years ago who eats loads of it. She's
> > 5'9" and weighed 140 when we met. Last I heard she was at 107. She's
> > in her mid 50's and looks like she's in her 70's.
>
> Same with me. Met one about 30 years ago and she was the correct weight and
> looked good. Now anorexic and she looks way older than she is. Sad.

I will never forget the young woman who landed in my office my first
year teaching nutrition at UNC Greensboro. It was the coldest day of
the winter, and she came to get course advice. Her thighs were about as
big around as my forearms (and I'm relatively small-framed). She might
have weighed 85 lb. soaking wet in six layers of sweatsuits. She didn't
last half the semester without needing to go back into treatment for
anorexia. One of the courses she took was a food science lab, and
sampling the lab work was too much for her psychologically. Eating
disorders are terrible diseases, and the relapse rate is very high.

Cindy

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