Warning Signs of Eating Disorders

• Abnormal preoccupation with body appearance or weight.
• Abnormal preoccupation with food, nutrition, calories, health, and/or cooking.
• Frequent trips to the bathroom after meals.
• Depression and suicidal thoughts.
• A significant change in appetite.
• Excessive exercise despite fatigue or weakness.
• Moodiness and irritability.
• Reduced concentration, memory, and thinking ability.
• Loss of interest in hobbies and schoolwork.
• Anxiety, especially around food and meal times.
• Feelings of guilt and self-hatred.
• Constantly making excuses to avoid eating.
• Compulsive rituals surrounding food and meal times, such as not letting different food touch eat other or eating only one type of food at a time.
• Wearing excessively baggy or bulky clothes.
• Hoarding food.
• Isolation and withdrawal from friends.
• Complete avoidance of social situations involving food, including family meals.
• Significant reduction in food intake.
• Denial of hunger.
• Strange eating habits such as playing with food instead of eating it.
• Constant concern about weight.
• Secretiveness and deceitfulness.
• Preference to eat in isolation.
• Reddened fingers, sores in and around mouth, and swollen cheeks or glands (caused by self-inducing vomiting).
• Obsession with clothing size, scales, and mirrors.
• Problems with drugs, alcohol, sexual promiscuity, or crime (especially with Bulimia)