Anorexic or not?, My friend.. Options

[Jinny]

Okay, I seriously don't know where this topic belongs in.
Feel free to move it!

ANYWAYS..

I have a friend who always weighs herself before a meal. If she weighs over 102 pounds at that time, she refuses to eat. She just tells her mom, "MOM I'M FULL SO I WON'T EAT DINNER!" and her mom just agrees. She doesn't starve herself; she does eat. So does this mean that she's anorexic or not?

[lojay]

How tall is she? If she is around 5 foot, then 102 is an average weight. However, if she's taller it might be getting borderline. Look for an online BMI test and plug in her hieght and weight and see if her bmi is healthy. Anything under 18% i believe is unhealthy. However, those online bmi testers aren't always very accurate, but they give you a good sense of what it might be.

My best friend went anorexic last year and is thankfully healthy again now, however, she used to tell her mom that she was always full too. She would eat really small portions if she would eat at all.

Some things to look out for if she turns up being anorexic:
-Watching a lot of cooking shows
-Cooking for other people, and not eating any of it
-Exercising a lot on a daily basis
-Running everyday
-Reading nutrition labels constantly
-Sudden interest in all healthy foods
-Always cold
-Irregular periods
-etc.

Obviously some of those apply to people even if they aren't anorexic, but those were some of the things we noticed with my best friend that I've also noticed with a girl in my school who just discovered she has anorexia.