What's the deal with atypical anorexia? Is it actually "atypical" and where did the diagnosis come from? Learn the in's and out's of this eating disorder and the ways in which weight bias stops people from getting treatment and even diagnosis. Plus: is it true that to be "really" starving you would be thin?

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/149

Join me in the Dominican Republic: https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/dominican-republic/dominican-republic-with-vinny-welsby-jun-2023 NYT You Don't Look Anorexic: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/magazine/anorexia-obesity-eating-disorder.html and free from paywall link: https://archive.ph/3D1b6#selection-635.0-641.483 Sharon Maxwell IG: https://www.instagram.com/heysharonmaxwell/?hl=en Sharon Maxwell TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heysharonmaxwell?lang=en Perversion of the ego: https://ia600708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/22/items/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252800%252946510-4.zip&file=10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252800%252948519-3.pdf https://childmind.org/article/what-is-atypical-anorexia-nervosa/ https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/atypical-anorexia https://iamsober.com/blog/what-is-atypical-anorexia-causes-signs-treatment/

Anorexia Nervosa: https://ia600708.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/22/items/crossref-pre-1909-scholarly-works/10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252800%252946510-4.zip&file=10.1016%252Fs0140-6736%252800%252948519-3.pdf

Atypical Anorexia in Youth: Cautiously Bridging the Treatment Gap: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9221982/

Eating disorders in adolescent boys and young men: an update: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7867380/

Duration of untreated eating disorder and relationship to outcomes: A systematic review of the literature: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/erv.2745

Defining "significant weight loss" in atypical anorexia nervosa: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28436084/