Comments on: Breaking distorted mirrors as Fat Talk Free Week comes to a close

By: Crystal (Eating Recovery Center)

Crystal (Eating Recovery Center) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:44:47 +0000

In relation to students and eating disorders, Eating Recovery Center, an eating disorder center in Denver, just released research showing that the transition to college, with its inherent pressures and changes, can increase the likelihood of eating disorders in young adults. Go here for the complete report: https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/pdf/ERC_College_FIN.pdf

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By: Jerome Bauer

Jerome Bauer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:28:27 +0000

The Dalai Lama, when asked to give advice to Americans, spoke just two words: EAT LESS. I think he meant we should eat more mindfully and sustainably.

We should all eat less, and eat less high on the food chain, and be sensitive of eating disorders of all kinds.

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By: Finding Melissa

Finding Melissa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:03:23 +0000

With the terrifying rise of anorexia – and associated fatalities – silence is no longer an option.
After suffering – and then recovering – from anorexia bulimia for 17 years, I am convinced that we need to start talking about the illness more.
It is only through opening up that we can start to change perceptions and stop the intrinsic isolation of anorexia:
“People are scared of anorexia. They tiptoe on eggshells around it. People don’t want to say the wrong thing. They don’t want to aggravate it. They don’t want to be implicated in it, maybe.
I completely understand.
I didn’t want to talk about it either.
And therein lies the problem: we’re all concurring with it. It’s privileged, permitted to run riot, tacitly prioritied – because no one wants to speak about it. No one knows what to say.” – from Finding Melissa

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