I think we can recognize that some disordered eating, particularly paying close attention to one's food, calorie counting, obsessiveness around calories is potentially a first symptom of disordered eating. I think you heard from the experts that early recognition of disordered eating is important, before it might move forward into more problematic diagnoses such as anorexia or bulimia. So we can think about some of these symptoms being on a continuum, and we can begin to think about prevention and how to intervene early, as these early symptoms appear.
On December 10th, 2013. See this statement in context.