How do people with eating disorders hide their behavior from doctors?

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littlejlev11

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For a summer camp/class, I am writing an essay on eating disorders. One thing that I am having trouble with explaining is how some people can go for so long undiagnosed or without anybody figuring out, so how do they hide it? From doctors especially? I realize some wear baggy clothes to hide weight loss or perceived imperfections, but how do they manage to hide it from doctors considering they will be weighed pretty much any time they go in?
Thank you in advance!
Jas- thank you for the concern, but I am asking this because I am writing a report, not because I want to know for myself. I know that eating disorders are horrible, but to improve the essay, I want to include some of the ways people hide it, to explain how it can go so long before people get help.
 
not to change the question here, or to sound rude, but for your own good, wouldn't it really be better if the doctor knew?....maybe they can direct you (or you can yourself) to an eating disorders clinic. There are groups and resources everywhere. So, assuming you can seek out other forms of help, ways to hide it from doctors would be for you to look up the usual signs & symptoms (depending on the particular disorder, whether it's anorexia, bulemia, both, or BDS etc), and just don't answer the way you would if you had the disorder. Obviously you could lie about your weight, saying you keep playing with different diets or that you've become a strict vegan, etc. Maybe they'll fall for it, maybe not. So, check out some of those resources on your own that I was referring to. Who cares about the doctor. It's you that needs to be cared for. Good luck with everything.
 
People with eating disorders develop excellent lying skills. They can do things from putting stones ect. in their pockets to add weight, drink tons of water before being weighed to add water weight, it all depends on what lengths they will go to, to hide their disease.
 
Well there are different ways to hide it. I use to hide it by wearing heavy layers of clothing when going to the doctors that way I was warm and weigh more. Also by drinking lots of water it made me looked bloated and heavy too. Also a day or two before going to the doctor I would eat normal so my blood test would come out normal and that same afternoon I would exercise like crazy.
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