peaks doctor meg meeker she's going to talk to us today about. Anorexia -- and what causes these disorders we'd love having her on now because she's such a smart lady. But He -- -- can't close the club kids club to doctor meg -- thanks for carting out sometime breast today. All it. Under the illegal here thank you so much for having me. We're so glad you're here so -- topic is. Kennedy as they say. We explain to us what the two main eating disorders are humans how they manifest themselves. Sure. The -- they're anorexia nervosa and then there's a lenient they're -- up. Now technically anorexia nervosa occurred anorexia literally means loss of appetite. And they're both -- that means when a lot of appetite. Has gone to the point where it's actually what we in Madison considered a -- he's. It's the com. -- and the passion and it's sort of counteract a say a girl and she kind of feel as though she can't stop. It it out of control that's really what your vote that in either anorexia nervosa believing in -- boat in need. The criteria that we in Madison used to diagnose anorexia nervosa . It -- a girl has lost 15%. Of her ideal body weight. Land her manned station stop -- and a period anymore.

but a huge group of girls. Who don't have a flat picking anorexia nervosa a police nervosa. I -- in the parade phone maybe they're period haven't star stopped. But there. They've they've lost 10% of their body weight they've got the food phobia. There constantly looking in the near and bear trapped inside and eating disorders as well but it's not as severe and -- -- the gals that I'm concerned with that leads this somewhat. -- --