Commentary: Why didn’t I learn about disordered eating? My schools failed me
by Juliet Fang, Los Angeles Times
Oct 22, 2021
2 minutes
I first heard the term “hypothalamic amenorrhea” — a condition in which people stop menstruating from excessive exercise, stress, weight loss, or a combination of these factors — from my pediatrician in February.
I’d missed periods for over a year and dropped 15 pounds since my last physical. But until my pediatrician’s diagnosis, I saw nothing wrong with doing two hours of high-intensity interval training on top of three-mile runs
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