Q & A: Are you anorexic if you are obsessed with calories and lose weight?

question : Are you anorexic if you are obsessed with calories and lose weight Okay so I have 16 years, male and I am nearly about 46 kg and I'm obsessed with calories and lose weight. I try to eat fewer calories than I can bear. Does that make me anorexic? I do not think I'm fat or anything, but I'm obsessed with as little weight as possible. Best answer: Answer by Anneleen

The DSM-IV criteria for Anorexia Nervosa is as follows: A. A refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g. weight loss leading to a maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected, or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected). B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight. C. Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight. Specify type: Restricting Type: During the current episode of Anorexia Nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge eating or purging behavior (ie, self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics or enemas) Binge and Purge:. During the episode of anorexia nervosa, the person regularly engaged in binge eating or purging behavior (ie self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics or enemas)

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