Comments on: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Eating Disorder Expose http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Body Image Research | GNIF Brain Blogger http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-90290 Body Image Research | GNIF Brain Blogger Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:39:56 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-90290 [...] Back in September, Sudip Ghosh offered a review at the GNIF Brain Blogger of a new book on anorexia, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters. [...] [...] Back in September, Sudip Ghosh offered a review at the GNIF Brain Blogger of a new book on anorexia, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters. [...]

]]> By: anorexia treatment http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-73037 anorexia treatment Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:15:18 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-73037 I love food as much as I love me, and I can't assure you I'm a narcissist! The point is why should you give up to something so heavenly like sweet, sour or pungent tastes? I truly don't understand them. I love food as much as I love me, and I can’t assure you I’m a narcissist! The point is why should you give up to something so heavenly like sweet, sour or pungent tastes? I truly don’t understand them.

]]> By: People With Eating Disorders http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-69805 People With Eating Disorders Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:21:11 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-69805 thanks for this post very helpful thanks for this post very helpful

]]> By: carnival of eating disorders #9 » change therapy - isabella mori http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-64847 carnival of eating disorders #9 » change therapy - isabella mori Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:45:38 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-64847 [...] perfect girls, starving daughters: the eating disorder expose at brainblogger writer and columnist from colorado, courtney martin’s new book perfect girls, [...] [...] perfect girls, starving daughters: the eating disorder expose at brainblogger writer and columnist from colorado, courtney martin’s new book perfect girls, [...]

]]> By: Nutrition Frenzy » Blog Archive » Health and Fitness Forum - Vol. VI http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-62706 Nutrition Frenzy » Blog Archive » Health and Fitness Forum - Vol. VI Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:24:53 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-62706 [...] Lakhan presents Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Eating Disorder Expose posted at GNIF Brain [...] [...] Lakhan presents Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Eating Disorder Expose posted at GNIF Brain [...]

]]> By: Laura Collins http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-62376 Laura Collins Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:28:12 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2007/09/05/perfect-girls-starving-daughters-the-eating-disorder-expose/#comment-62376 As tempting as it seems, we have to resist the confusion between correlation and causation. Eating disorders may be triggered by dieting but they are not really about appearance or being thin. The NIMH has called anorexia a brain disease, and most leading researchers now understand that eating disorders are caused by a problem with brain functioning. They are not a choice. Yes, our society is obsessed with appearance and thinness, but eating disorders are no more about thinness than compulsive handwashing is about cleanliness. Eating disorders are treatable, and understandable, but we have to let go of these old assumptions and discredited beliefs - as much as they seem to satisfy our social causes. As tempting as it seems, we have to resist the confusion between correlation and causation. Eating disorders may be triggered by dieting but they are not really about appearance or being thin.

The NIMH has called anorexia a brain disease, and most leading researchers now understand that eating disorders are caused by a problem with brain functioning. They are not a choice.

Yes, our society is obsessed with appearance and thinness, but eating disorders are no more about thinness than compulsive handwashing is about cleanliness.

Eating disorders are treatable, and understandable, but we have to let go of these old assumptions and discredited beliefs - as much as they seem to satisfy our social causes.

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