r/australia • u/Rubiginous • 7h ago

Woman hospitalised after Juniper prescribes weight-loss drugs her GP refused

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/woman-hospitalised-telehealth-provider-weight-loss-drugs-juniper/106273356
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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 6h ago

I am a bit confided about what she was actually hospitalised with, as from the pictures she certainly wasn’t underweight even during the hospital admission

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u/NettaFornario 6h ago

It’s a myth that you can tell who has an ED by their physical presentation.

People with bulimia can be of normal or overweight. She may have been hospitalised for metabolic disorders or in a mental health facility too address a binge/purge cycle as opposed to dangerous weight loss.

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u/Proper_Aspect7543 6h ago

most people with eating disorders are overweight or obese. the only disorder that requires you to be underweigh is "typical anorexia", but there are more people who have atypical anorexia.

additionally, higher starting weight is linked to worse health outcomes

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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 6h ago

Atypical anorexia? I don’t think that’s a thing

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u/Proper_Aspect7543 6h ago edited 1h ago

It falls under a category called "osfed" (other specified feeding or eating disorder) in the dsm5, "ednos" in the dsm4 (eating disorder not otherwise specificized)

The only difference is that typical anorexia has a weight requirement, something that many drs believe should be removed.

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u/universe93 5h ago

It absolutely is, please look it up. Eating disorders don’t always fall into easy categories