This figure is almost three times as high as for women without eating disorders, where only 18 percent said they wanted liposuction. Jávo’s doctorate shows for the first time in Norway a link between eating disorders and liposuction. Women who took the survey had to answer questions about how satisfied they were with their eating habits. They had to answer questions about whether they felt guilty or not when they ate, whether they ate for emotional reasons, whether or not they felt too fat, or if they felt they had to control their food intake with strict diets. “If you have an eating disorder, you can’t solve it using liposuction. But it is worrying that so many people want liposuction anyway,” says Jávo.
