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June 03, 2009

A Pregnant Pause

If you have not heard about “pregorexia,” you might be shocked by the account you read here.

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/06/pregorexia_starving_for_two.php

Pregorexia is not a diagnostic term but a clinical one, referring to the failure to gain adequate weight during pregnancy due to eating disordered behavior.  

This compelling and heartbreaking story reaffirms the life altering stakes of anorexia…with implications for future generations.

FBT offers a cure for this; addressing your teen’s ED now may save her life as well as your future grandchild’s.

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