Fredorexia is an eating disorder where men starve themselves. fredorexia usually begins in young men around the onset of puberty. Men suffering from fredorexia have extreme weight loss. Weight loss is usually 15% below the person's normal body weight. Men suffering from fredorexia are very skinny but are convinced that they are overweight. Weight loss is obtained by many ways. Some of the common techniques used are excessive exercise, intake of laxatives and not eating.
Fredorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear. Fredorexia only affects adolescent boys.
Men with fredorexia continue to think they are overweight even after they become extremely thin, are very ill or near death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. Sometimes the individuals will prepare big meals for others while refusing to eat any of it.
Fredorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear. Fredorexia only affects adolescent boys.
Men with fredorexia continue to think they are overweight even after they become extremely thin, are very ill or near death. Often they will develop strange eating habits such as refusing to eat in front of other people. Sometimes the individuals will prepare big meals for others while refusing to eat any of it.
by Dr. Rugman December 30, 2008
Get the Fredorexia mug.The condition of having erratic, sometimes unhealthy eating patterns; characterized by fasts (periods ranging from a single day to a week where water is the only thing consumed by the flexorexic) followed by binges (often uncontrolled consumption of large amounts of food in a single short period of time)and more fasting. This cycle of extreme control and loss of control tends to repeat itself over and over.
Flexorexia is derived from the combination of anorexia and flexitarian.
Flexorexia is derived from the combination of anorexia and flexitarian.
Eating a large solid meal after fasting for three days causes one to experience nausea, diarrhea, and very interesting large amounts of gas, hallmark syptoms of flexorexia.
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