Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whalen says she never made a conscious decision to diet. In fact, she had always been thin and often told people that she wanted to gain weight, she says...
Clinical manuals characterize anorexia nervosa as "a phobic avoidance of food" in the presence of a loss of about 15 percent of one's body weight. Bulimia, on the other hand, is associated with the cycle of uncontrolled eating ("binging") and subsequent ridding of the body of unwanted food ("purging...
...Controlling means complete lack of control," the same student says. "With bulimia, when you try to control, you basically set yourself up for a binge. And with anorexia you're not in control of anything either...You can't think clearly because you're at such a low weight...
After listing Rudenstine's height (five feet, nine inches), weight (155 pounds) and car (1985 Ford Tem- po), the magazine reports Rudenstine'sself-deprecating reaction to the honor...
...with offspring of rich, flamboyant families. Instead we find a likable boy with a cool head and an IQ of 119 who was more interested in good times than good grades. He was a competent sailor, played some football and swam competitively until stomach trouble, fevers and a puzzling weight loss curtailed his activities...