How are anorexic people different from thin people?

While anorexics strive to become very thin, it is very different than being a person who is just very slender. For one, the diets of the two are very different. A person with a slender physique and who is in good condition with good habits will remain slender. An anorexic severely controls the intake of food. In fact, some would say that the lack of food that they eat is what kicks their bodies into starvation mode.

The biggest difference between an anorexic and a very thin person, though, is their diets. Anorexics eat very little and this wreaks havoc not only on their digestive system but on their metabolism as well. In fact, the condition really throws the body’s homeostatic condition out of whack because not only is the digestive system affected but the endocrine (hormones) system is affected by self-starvation as well.


Alternatively, a thin person with a balanced diet typically eats five meals a day. Three of the meals are large ones, and then they two smaller ones (snacks). Instead of treating food as an enemy, food is like fuel that is used to create energy through aerobic cellular respiration (the process of producing energy and storing fat). A thin person suffers few ailments when abiding by a healthy diet.