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We’ve discussed before the phenomenon of adding “-orexia” to everything under the sun to create jazzy-sounding new “disorders” — manorexia, drunkorexia, humorexia. (Okay, that last one is my own invention.)
Now, there’s pregorexia. According to Marijke at Womb Within, pregorexics exercise fiercely during pregnancy so they can shed the “baby weight” as quickly as possible.
Personally, I […]
After hearing about “drunkorexia”, I simply had to investigate “manorexia”, which was mentioned in the article (see my earlier post.)
I was surprised by the results…
Seems plenty of Hollywood (and non-celeb) guys battle anorexia and bulimia, including Billy Bob Thornton, Elton John and Dennis Quaid.
Fascinating. And scary.
Whether your dude is followed by the paparazzi or not, he could […]
The popular site Salon.com had an interesting article on a condition I had never heard mentioned before: “drunkorexia.”
In the piece, author Tracy Clark-Flory notes:
“The New York Times reports that drunkorexia is ‘a disturbing blend of behaviors: self-imposed starvation or bingeing and purging, combined with alcohol abuse.’“
I had never heard of this “-orexia” before, and though it’s […]
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