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Eating Disorders at 75% of All Women?
injest:
If 75% have unnormal eating habits....doesnt that mean that normal is not so normal?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24295957/
delalluvia:
I'm thinking it's not a matter of "normal" it's just that the food easily obtainable these days is not satisfying being highly processed and is full of bad carbs, so we tend to eat more of it, and since women as a rule more easily gain weight and are less able to lose the weight once gained, women start trying to figure out what is going on and how to both eat to be healthy, to enjoy and not instantly gain weight.
I'm on a modified Atkins diet. It teaches you what foods have more fiber and less sugar than others. You think, hey this is a snap to go shopping for food now, then you start reading the labels off easy to prepare foods and realize the majority of foods on the shelves and the freezer section are full of sugars and highly processed carbs. There is almost nothing I can eat off the shelves that isn't full of sugar and bad carbs. I almost literally have to prepare all my foods from fresh produce and meats.
And for someone who doesn't like to cook, this is a pain in the ass. So yes, I have to think a lot more about food and what I am going to eat than is 'normal' because it is no longer a "no brainer" just to grab something to eat off the shelves or freezer section or in a restaurant.
And some of it I do attribute to social pressure for women to be thin and some of it depends on the women involved. Some women have addictive personalities and others are very "A-type" so why wouldn't some women also be overly obsessed with dieting and weight gain and exercise?
A friend of mine is "A type" and is very obese, she works out regularly, but doesn't watch what she eats and tortures herself by getting on a scale twice a week.
I am not "A type", I don't work out as much as I should, but I am careful about what I eat and still manage to lose weight, but haven't gotten on a scale in 3 years.
SELF magazine didn't say where the women in their study/poll came from.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: injest on April 27, 2008, 12:11:11 am ---If 75% have unnormal eating habits....doesnt that mean that normal is not so normal?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24295957/
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precisely, if 75% of a population is engaging in "abnormal" behavior, then the definition of "normal" needs rethinking.
Front-Ranger:
Our lives are very much out of balance. A punishingly thin body is the ideal, but average people are fatter than ever. Who can blame them? We're trapped in our cars, behind a computer, in front of a TV. And you're right about the most accessible food being, basically, poison.
I like to eat whole grains like barley or wheat berries for breakfast but it's so difficult to get and prepare them that it's been weeks since I've had a satisfying breakfast meal. I just skip breakfast or have a breakfast burrito or grits. I suppose that puts me in the Abby Normal category.
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: broketrash on April 27, 2008, 02:47:05 pm ---
precisely, if 75% of a population is engaging in "abnormal" behavior, then the definition of "normal" needs rethinking. :laugh:
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According to MentalHelp.net at http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=11756&cn=46
The National Eating Disorders Association indicates that 5-20% of those who have untreated anorexia nervosa will not survive the disorder. The annual death rate for females between 15 and 24 years old from anorexia is 12 times higher than the annual death rate for all other causes combined. [bolding added] For those who receive treatment, the mortality rate is far lower, approximately 2-3% of these people will die from this disorder.
Real knee-slappin' material, no?
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