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http://www.adaa.org/gettinghelp/MFarchives/MonthlyFeatures(June).asp
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/7/1280
The above is about BDD. This is important to understand because a lot of people with eating disorders have this. For people with BDD, they actually look in the mirror and "see" or perceive a different picture then the rest of us. Some of the ads I posted with anorexia (and the girl seeing a different picture in the mirror then the emaciated body that everyone else sees) illustrated that point.
I think BDD has increasingly played a more significant role in the societal schizophrenia we seem to have regarding body image. It is like we have BDD in our collective conscious. We (and I am going to use the collective we here for simplicity) seem to have no reasonable understanding of what a healthy or good looking male or female should look like.
So, as a result we have more people who go to extremes; either becoming anorexic or bulimic, or saying "**** it" and overeating and becoming obese. And of course, yo-yo dieting all the way. Now realize that there are chemical and genetic factors that play a role in all of these disorders, but I am just focusing on the social/psychological aspects.
Then there is this book (with 2 articles reviewing it with opposing views):
http://www.amazon.com/Obesity-Myth-Americas-Obsession-Hazardous/dp/1592400663
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0815/is_8_29/ai_n6160544
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_5_29/ai_n15384202
Is Obesity a "myth"? Probably not, but some interesting discussions sparked from the book, anyhow.
I think what really needs to happen is that we need to stop looking in the mirror, and start looking at our overall health and physical performance, and use that as our benchmark to determine if we are healthy or not...
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/7/1280
The above is about BDD. This is important to understand because a lot of people with eating disorders have this. For people with BDD, they actually look in the mirror and "see" or perceive a different picture then the rest of us. Some of the ads I posted with anorexia (and the girl seeing a different picture in the mirror then the emaciated body that everyone else sees) illustrated that point.
I think BDD has increasingly played a more significant role in the societal schizophrenia we seem to have regarding body image. It is like we have BDD in our collective conscious. We (and I am going to use the collective we here for simplicity) seem to have no reasonable understanding of what a healthy or good looking male or female should look like.
So, as a result we have more people who go to extremes; either becoming anorexic or bulimic, or saying "**** it" and overeating and becoming obese. And of course, yo-yo dieting all the way. Now realize that there are chemical and genetic factors that play a role in all of these disorders, but I am just focusing on the social/psychological aspects.
Then there is this book (with 2 articles reviewing it with opposing views):
http://www.amazon.com/Obesity-Myth-Americas-Obsession-Hazardous/dp/1592400663
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0815/is_8_29/ai_n6160544
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_5_29/ai_n15384202
Is Obesity a "myth"? Probably not, but some interesting discussions sparked from the book, anyhow.
I think what really needs to happen is that we need to stop looking in the mirror, and start looking at our overall health and physical performance, and use that as our benchmark to determine if we are healthy or not...
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