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Eating Disorder Awareness Month
s a follow-up to my last message, one of the things that we learned from this group is that some of the pictures we had initially posted, depicting severely thin women, could act as triggers as well as inspiration for those with eating disorders. With that in mind, we made a choice to pull down those pictures as they w...ere potentially causing more harm than good (our initial intention was to show how tragic and harsh EDs can be).
We are not here to make a call on what everyone else should do, but just made this personal decision about our own photographs. Thanks to everyone for the debate around them and thanks to everyone else that has uploaded their own pictures and art to depict the reality of the battle against eating disordersRead More
We are not here to make a call on what everyone else should do, but just made this personal decision about our own photographs. Thanks to everyone for the debate around them and thanks to everyone else that has uploaded their own pictures and art to depict the reality of the battle against eating disordersRead More
Eating Disorder Awareness Month
Thanks everyone for your show of strength, support, and courage. We started this group with the goal of increasing awareness of eating disorders and connecting people with a way to get support resources as well as make a difference to future generations.
We want to turn this group over to you - its members and its commu...nity. That is why we made it fully open -- anyone can post pictures, videos, notes, wall comments, etc. We are not in a position to pass judgement on anyone or anything, but merely want to facilitate a dialogue around how we can all rally against a common cause. Even if we disagree at times on how to do it, in the end I think we'll succeed, so we ask you all to keep voicing your thoughts and be positive towards others and our goals. Thanks!Read More
We want to turn this group over to you - its members and its commu...nity. That is why we made it fully open -- anyone can post pictures, videos, notes, wall comments, etc. We are not in a position to pass judgement on anyone or anything, but merely want to facilitate a dialogue around how we can all rally against a common cause. Even if we disagree at times on how to do it, in the end I think we'll succeed, so we ask you all to keep voicing your thoughts and be positive towards others and our goals. Thanks!Read More
Eating Disorder Awareness Month
Most of us have either sufferred from an eating disorder ourselves or know someone that did. Just some facts:
- 2 out of 5 women would trade 3 to 5 years of their life to achieve their weight goals.
- In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average Two out of five women and one out of fi...ve men would trade three to five years of their life to achieve their weight goals.
- The “ideal” woman - portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie dolls, and screen actresses - is 5’5, weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 5.
- Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents.
- More than 80% of 4th grade girls have been on a fad diet
- Approximately 7 million girls and women struggle with eating disorders
- 80% of children who are ten years old are afraid of being fat.
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- 2 out of 5 women would trade 3 to 5 years of their life to achieve their weight goals.
- In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average Two out of five women and one out of fi...ve men would trade three to five years of their life to achieve their weight goals.
- The “ideal” woman - portrayed by models, Miss America, Barbie dolls, and screen actresses - is 5’5, weighs 100 pounds and wears a size 5.
- Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer, or losing their parents.
- More than 80% of 4th grade girls have been on a fad diet
- Approximately 7 million girls and women struggle with eating disorders
- 80% of children who are ten years old are afraid of being fat.
Read More
