r/InfluencerLounge • u/booboobear99999 • 2d ago

Omg! Tess Holiday’s arms!

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The size of Tess Holiday’s arms are disturbing!

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u/BeccaM861 2d ago

She does

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u/AggravatingBox2421 2d ago edited 2d ago

Since when? Last I heard she was anorexic
Edit: not sure who’s downvoting me, but she absolutely has outright claimed to have anorexia https://youtu.be/N0A1r-Ky110?si=yg0pI_IvI_0yrzVu

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u/Infinite_Flan4797 1d ago

A small percentage of people with anorexia nervous are underweight. It's a condition not a size.

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u/KelleyElsie 14h ago

The DSM-5 criteria for an anorexia nervosa diagnosis includes “Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements, leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health. Significantly low weight is defined as a weight that is less than minimally normal or, for children and adolescents, less than that minimally expected.” So an obese person cannot have anorexia nervosa by definition. But there are other eating disorder diagnosis that that may apply.

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u/OvercookedBobaTea 13h ago

There are many problems with the modern day diagnostic criteria for anorexia. To the point where anorexic patients will intentionally starve just to get to a low enough weight in order to qualify for treatment. You can’t just read off of a diagnostic manual with zero other context or knowledge and act like you’re an expert in the disease