What's worse, being obese or suffering from anorexia nervosa? People we asked on the street responded "being obese." But that's not true. Medically, more people die from anorexia: 20% of people die from the psychological disorder where as an obese woman at 25 still only has a .01% risk of death.
And there's all of this hysteria about obesity and not a whole hell of a lot about eating disorders, which really makes me scratch my head. You're 2000 times more likely to die from anorexia than obesity. An eating disorder triggered by misguided "obesity prevention" efforts isn't a side effect, it's not an acceptable casualty.
What's worse, being obese or suffering from anorexia nervosa? People we asked on the street responded "being obese."
But that's not true.
Medically, more people die from anorexia: 20% of people die from the psychological disorder where as an obese woman at 25 still only has a .01% risk of death.
And there's all of this hysteria about obesity and not a whole hell of a lot about eating disorders, which really makes me scratch my head. You're 2000 times more likely to die from anorexia than obesity. An eating disorder triggered by misguided "obesity prevention" efforts isn't a side effect, it's not an acceptable casualty.
It's deadly.