Warning Signs
Warning Signs (May Include)
• Bingeing and Purging
• Secretive eating/missing food
• Visits to the bathroom after meals
• Feelings of guilt after eating
• Severe self-criticism
• Low self-esteem
• High levels of anxiety and/or depression
• Preoccupation with food
• Average weight fluctuations (10-20 lbs.)
• Excessive and compulsive exercise regimes — despite fatigue, illness or injury
• Abuse of laxatives, diet pills, and/or diuretics
• Swollen, parotid glands in neck
• Discoloration and/or staining of the teeth
• Sore throat
• Broken blood vessels in eyes
• Calluses on the back of the hands and knuckles from self-induced vomiting
• Withdrawal from usual friends and activities
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