Model Tess Holliday says she is anorexic

Tess Holliday is a very prominent model, who walks in the plus size category. She recently lifted the veil on the disease from which she is gradually emerging: atypical anorexia.

What is anorexia nervosa? This disorder is characterized by a restriction of food intake, and a significant fear of gaining weight. The person tries to control every calorie consumed and has a disturbed image of his body. This disease is associated in the popular imagination with a gaunt figure. However, some people with anorexia nervosa are not skinny: it is atypical anorexia. This is what reveals Tess Holiday, American model known for her many famous magazine covers, plus size category.

In several posts on Instagram and Twitter, she protests against those who congratulate her on having lost weight:
“To everyone. Are those who tell me ‘you’ve been looking good lately’ or ‘you’re losing weight, keep going!’ Stop.
Born. Comment. Not. My. Weight. Or. My health. Perceived. Keep. This. For. You. Thank you ! Yes I have lost weight, I am recovering from a behavioral disorder and I am regularly nourishing my body for the first time in my life. When you match weight loss with health and value someone in their weight and height, you are actually saying that you are worth more when you are thinner, and you carry on the culture. of the plan. “

It thus highlights that eating disorders do not necessarily take the expected form. The regime culture she speaks of is the one that predominates and weighs on young women on both sides of the Atlantic. In France, according to figures communicated by the Health Insurance, anorexia nervosa is a disease that affects between 0.9 and 1.5% of women and 0.2 to 0.3% of men. 80% of those affected are girls, with peaks of onset in adolescence. However, the disease can appear in childhood or adulthood.

Mathilde Wattecamps

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