Anorexia Nervosa Warning Signs

• Loss of menstrual period
• Dieting obsessively when not overweight / a relentless pursuit of thinness
• Claiming to feel “fat” when overweight is not a reality
• Preoccupation with food, calories, nutrition, and/or cooking
• Denial of hunger
• Excessive exercising, being over active
• Frequent weighing
• Strange food related behaviors (labeling of food as “good/safe” or “bad/dangerous”)
• Binge episodes
• 15% or more below normal body weight
• Depression, irritability, withdrawal, compulsive rituals
• Low tolerance for change, fear of growing up or assuming adult responsibilities
• Hair loss