Pregorexia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pregorexia is a noun meaning A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.
Meaning
A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.
Example Sentences
Pregorexia came on the radar in 2006 when former TV presenter Liz Fraser told Marie Claire magazine about her struggle with bulimia during pregnancy.
2008, Jane Bainbridge, "Pregorexia: body image over baby?" (article), in British Journal of Midwifery, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 4 2008, page 608.
Her dramatic weight loss meant Mrs Bassett had to be taken into hospital when just 11 weeks pregnant. Evan was born early at 30 weeks, but her ‘pregorexia’ left her too frail to care for him until he was 14 months old.
Pregorexia, or 'mommyrexia', as they dub it Stateside, is a growing disorder: women exercising madly all through the pregnancy (there are now scores of websites devoted to selling workout gear for pregnant women, while sizes for maternity clothes these days often include an extra-small, which would be impossibly tiny even for the average non-pregnant woman), […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bigorexia, parorexia, hyporexia, tanorexia, lycorexia, bleachorexia.
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