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taylormac

January 11th, 2012

Please help! I am working on a large school project on societal pressures that influence eating disorders. I have been really moved reading all of the posts on this site. I would really appreciate it if anyone would be willing to answer a few questions to help me with this project. I promise 100% anonymity and it will only take a few minutes. Please shoot me note if you would be willing to provide any insight. I am curious to know if you feel that all of the pressure in the media or society played a role in your relationship with body image, do you think eating disorders are more of a common problem than the general public wants to admit? Do you have any words of encouragement or advice for young people in the midst of this struggle? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!! I know any insight that you provide will help other kids at my school. Thank you!!!- Taylor

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CarolineEF

replied January 20th, 2012

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Hi Taylor and welcome to ehealth: This is a great school project...Hopefully some of the kids will listen...As far as image of the media and socially, yes this is a big stepping stone...However, I believe much of the problem can come from home life...Many children are stressed the beauty of being thin when they are so very young...They are not taught good eating habits, but to be thin...I believe that loving yourself has a lot to do with what you eat...When you are content with who you are, you are more inclined to eat healthy...When you are down on life and say what the heck, you eat to make the hurt go away....ED is a struggle...You can beat it, but it also can beat you....Take care...

Caroline

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