Give in to eating disorders

Not many girls give in to eating disorders acually. As a matter of fact, only about 16% of girls give in to eating disorders, and when they do, their friends help them to stop. People get worried about them and they usually stop. When girls do this, it is not to be cool, it is because they think they are fat, and this is a serious problem that they have within themselves, not a coolness issue.

I used to worry about my weight so much that I almost drove myself nuts buying those garbage teen model mags (what a waste of good money). Thank goodness I didn't give in to any eating disorders -- like 93century, I had a pretty hearty appetite. And I still do!

This is so funny. Not just this eating disorder bit but the whole list is quite hilarious. I'm only 15 and now that I've told you my age you will all read this and think im just another teenager who thinks she knows everything and that i think my opinion is most important...blah blah blah...Although eating disorders do start out as someone wanting to be thin and like their favourite singer or actress or whatever but you dont just starve yourself to death because you 'want to be skinny'. Unless im mistaken, eating disorders are mental disorders...right? And here you all are complaining that teenagers starve themselves just because they want to 'look cool' and because they have 'to much spare time on their hands'...well why aren't YOU, as adults, setting an example for todays teenagers?

puking up your food is not cool or starving yourself to the point of death.

Eating disorders are not about food or wanting to be thin. They are about unexpressed feelings and a need to control one's life (along with many more hidden issues). Eating disorders do not start in the teen years. Research is showing that eating disorders start to develop before puberty or at the onset and even in middle age. It use to be thought that eating disorders were only for the affluent and kids that have "too much time on their hands". More and more kids are developing eating disorder across classes and ethnicities. It use to be thought that eating disorders were only for the young but many eating disorders last through-out one's life. It is no longer (or maybe never was) a problem for the young. And eating disorders don't just include Anorexia Nervosa. There is Bulima, Compulsive Overeating, and all kinds of things in between. Anyone that has ever struggled with these issues knows that it is not something one does for attention. It is about far more then looks, fo... Read more

This is going to sound like a cold over-simplification of the problem. And I know, that it won't fit all cases. Still, there may be some validity to this idea so here goes.... First of all, this "disorder" cropped up only a relatively short time ago...about the same time people were really becoming ingrained with the idea that whatever they wanted they MUST have. This is similar to the mindset currently displayed by people who are attempting to bring lawsuits against various junk food advertising being done during children's TV shows which they claim is causing children to beg their parents for said product (kind of the whole point to advertising since the dawn of time). To those parents I say - have you just recently started to watch TV, just WHO is in charge at your house and what part of the word NO don't you understand??? Those questions asked, what I think many of these overly self-conscious girls need is for someone to clue them in to the idea that we don't get everything we... Read more

It's usually mostly from Hollywood influence. (Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, Mary Kate Olsen). They all want to look like them...thin...so they don't eat.

Ya got to see the super models in person to fully appreciate this one. A few years ago my wife dragged me into the local hoity-toity mall to do some shopping, and upon arrival, we noticed a commotion going on at the "Victoria Secrets" outlet. Needless to say, it wasn't too difficult for my wife to convince me to go over and have a quick peek. Apparently they were having some fashion show starring a few of their magazine models, so, of course, I just had to step on a few heads to get up front. Long story short...I wasn't impressed. Though they had great complexions and a few were facially beautiful, they all had the bodies of twelve year old boys. They looked like they'd bust if they ate a Big Mac. If TV adds ten to fifteen pounds onto a person, then I'm sure it would double the weight of some of them. Any young girl who aspires to look like that must truely have her priorities mixed up. Step in, parents and have this conversation with your kid over a big bowel of ice cream...

This is incredibly stupid. You skinny stick girls are not sexy in any way, shape, or form. You look sick!

I never had a eating disorder. If i had one, my mother had eyes for the warning signs. Maybe because i have a big appitite.

When teen girls want to look like fashion models, this could be dangerous.