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Patterns of maternal feeding and child eating associated with eating disorders http://bit.ly/8M3ZmN about 8 hours ago
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Dieting tendency and eating behavior problems correlate with right frontotemporal and left orbitofrontal cortex http://bit.ly/7qekaK about 8 hours ago
Emotional Theory of Mind and Emotional Awareness in Recovered Anorexia Nervosa Patients http://bit.ly/5r5Eru about 8 hours ago
RT @Etribole: Eating Disorder Organizations Join Forces To Urge Focus On Health And Lifestyle Rather Than Weight. http://bit.ly/6LZNq7 about 8 hours ago
 

What's worse?

Posted Dec 20 2008 5:43pm
Let the statistics tell the story:

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.
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