HOW TO ACCEPT YOUR “FAT” BODY
Written By Victoria Kleinsman Eating disorders and weight
The stereotype is that people with eating disorders are emaciated. That’s certainly not always true.
85% of people with eating disorders are NOT
Genetically my body did “go there” when I had anorexia
underweight using the measurement of BMI.
and it was obvious that I had an ED. When the anorexia
Even though I think BMI is BS, I’ll use it in
morphed into bulimia and binge eating, I didn’t look like
context with this explanation. You can be
I had an ED but I was still very much IN a restrictive ED.
underweight for your body yet overweight on
I’ve worked with many women who are in bodies where it
the BMI scale. You can be a “healthy BMI” yet
is not obvious that they have a restrictive eating disorder.
be underweight for your body.
Their doctors don’t diagnose an ED and in fact, often
And so that 85% who are not considered
praise and encourage disordered behaviors if the person
underweight and who have an ED are just as
isn’t in a very thin body or considered overweight on the
valid as someone who is underweight using the
BMI scale.
BMI scale.
