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[tucsongal]

I am exactly her goal weight and height and have a little tummy. Once you reach a certain age things shift .

[winamac1]

On 5/7/2014 bikerbabe said:

She does not meet the clinical definition of anorexia but she certainly could have a distorted body image.

ITA but I don't think she'd be too thin.

I have several sisters who are very thin. One is five 3 and weighs 109, one is five 3 and probably weighs 110 now (lost a few pounds after my mother passed) and one is five five and weighs 114. They all look great. None look anorexic.

[brii]

Anorexia is an eating disorder.

But it's hard to say what height and weight somebody should be at because it depends on their frame and proportions.

[sidsmom]

Why ""110""? Why is she fixed on that number? Just the emotion behind the obsession is more telling than the number itself. That's what eating disorders are all about...it's between the ears. You can look ""normal"" & still have an eating disorder.

[pistolino]

On a BMI calculator, at 110 she'd be almost in that "underweight" category. Would I be right in assuming she had anorexia at an earlier time in her life and you're worried? If she had an eating disorder previously, then yes I'd be worried about this.

[Pqfan]

edited by me.

[serenity4ever]

No one here is really qualified to judge whether your sister is anorexic and cause you undue worry. Personally, I think that term is thrown around far too often when someone is slender. Since more than half of the United States is either overweight or obese, perceptions of who is anorexic are often eschewed dependent upon who is doing the diagnosis or giving the opinion.

[stilltamn8r]

Certainly there are anorexics over age 40- it is a disease that doesn't just "go away"..but your sister, wanting to lose 10 lbs, does NOT sound like the anorexics that I know, and have lived with...

[Annamarie]

Thanks for all your opinions, I did some research and I think I was worrying for nothing. Her husband got me a bit worried but I know her and don't believe she has this disorder(there are some scary sites out there) Thanks again and I am out of here. Annamarie

[AngusandBuddhasMom]

On 5/8/2014 pistolino said:

On a BMI calculator, at 110 she'd be almost in that "underweight" category. Would I be right in assuming she had anorexia at an earlier time in her life and you're worried? If she had an eating disorder previously, then yes I'd be worried about this.

It has been found the BMI does not differentuate between a 6' 2 woman or a 5'2 man. It is based on the male body not a womens so these figures are misleading for health ect.