Emilie Nereng, Good girl | Here, Emilie Nereng shows off her “good girl” certificate

On Monday, influencer and food profiler Emilie Nereng (28) could reveal that she has been confirmed by a doctor, through blood tests, that she has “good girl syndrome”.

– I’m a “good girl”. I have been diagnosed as a “good girl” since I took blood tests of my hormones. Then I was told that I have what they call “good girl” syndrome, she claimed in her own podcast “Who am I?”.

After Nettavisen mentioned the case, several people reacted to Nereng’s statements, including the general manager and doctor at Dr. Dropin, Daniel Sørli, who believes that there are no blood tests that show that you have “good girl” syndrome.

In an Instagram story on Wednesday evening, however, Nereng proves that she has been diagnosed as “good girl”, by pointing to a letter from Volvat in which the answers from blood tests and the doctor’s words about “good girl syndrome” are mentioned.

Will not comment

In the letter from Volvat that Nereng refers to, it says that the 28-year-old has something called “Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea” and refers to it as “good girl syndrome”.

Furthermore, it is written that the doctor recommends Nereng to put on two kilos to increase his fat percentage in addition to reducing his activity level.

In front of Nettavisen, the managing director at Volvat, Per Helge Fagermoen, will not confirm that this letter was written by their doctors. He says that they do not comment on individual cases.

– Due to the duty of confidentiality, we cannot comment or make a statement about this inquiry, says Fagermoen.

Nor can Fagermoen answer or say anything in general about these questions from Nettavisen:

– On a general basis, have you and to what extent have you diagnosed patients with the “good girl syndrome”?

– The doctor writes “good girl syndrome”, is this a real diagnosis/syndrome you can get?

– Are you going to continue with such a practice?

– Not strange

After Nereng shared a photo of the letter that is supposed to be from Volvat, several people have reacted to the advice the doctor has given Nereng for the syndrome she was diagnosed with.

“If you are going to do something about it, it is to have a little reduced physical/mental activity and increase the fat percentage a little. Put on 2kg”, says the letter, which is supposed to be from Volvat.

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According to doctor and general manager of Dr. Dropin Daniel Sørli, this is common advice doctors give to patients with the same diagnosis.

Sørli explains that the diagnosis “Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea” is common among young women and top female athletes.

– When young women exercise a lot, they may experience that menstruation does not occur, and it is absolutely correct what is mentioned in this case that if you reduce the amount of exercise, the body will find a hormonal balance where you start to have menstruation again, explains Sørli .

– So it doesn’t sound strange, based on the little information I have now received, he adds.

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Wouldn’t use it myself

What Sørli, on the other hand, reacts most to is the use of the word and the mention of “good girl” as a syndrome. He believes that this should not be about gender at all. It is degrading to both women and men.

– I think it’s a terrible expression, which only makes everything more difficult. It is much better to talk about young people who have a high level of ambition in many areas of life and work hard to achieve everything, says Sørli to Nettavisen.

– Let’s rather talk about it, and help them with it. Just because you are a girl, read and study hard, try to succeed with exercise, friends, social media and so on, you should not get a stamp set by society, he continues.

Sørli does not want to comment on how Volvat treats his patients, but states that he would not use the “diagnosis” on his own patients.

– No, it is not a diagnosis I would use for any of my patients.

Nor Latin medical terms in such writing:

– Using Latin medical terms alone to explain diagnoses rarely helps a patient. Because then it can be difficult to get people to understand what is going on.

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He believes that it is better to explain in ordinary terms, but not shorten the explanation by using explanatory expressions such as “good girl”.

– It is better to explain in an understandable way what the blood tests show, and inform the patient, for example, that it is not only health-promoting to have a very strict lifestyle.

– But you must also make sure that you present the facts neutrally so as not to judge anyone.

Sørli emphasizes that “good girl” is neither a syndrome nor a diagnosis, but can be a person with extra high ambitions in life.

– Completely fair term

Emilie Nereng has not yet answered Nettavisen’s inquiries on Thursday.

Nereng has previously stated to Nettavisen that she sees many positives in being a “good girl”, and believes that it can be a motivation for many to achieve their goals and wishes in life.

– I think society needs someone who is a good girl. It is driven by a desire to be good and preferably the best. You see it in sports too. But “good girl” is perhaps not the best name for a condition, Nereng said.

She emphasized that several boys can also experience striving for things in society and have high ambitions, but that it is still not necessary to put down the word “good girl”.

– There is no such thing as a “good boy” syndrome, and I know several people who have that. We shouldn’t have blamed it on gender, but once a word like that exists for girls, I think it’s a perfectly fair term.

Despite this, she does not see “good girl” as an insult, but rather as a description of various personality traits. She acknowledges that it can be discriminatory towards boys and is open to finding another word, but still believes that the term is valid.

– Many people think I am, and I don’t care about that. I think it’s a more descriptive term that encompasses different personality traits, but it’s not a swear word. “I can understand that it’s discriminatory against boys, and we can come up with another word, but I sincerely believe that this is a condition,” she stated.