Comments on: UK groups spread awareness of self-image

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By: Fiona Place

Fiona Place — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:27:30 +0000

The current focus on the link between body image and anorexia is perhaps misguided in that it portrays the illness as merely wishing to be thin. Yet for many women anorexia is more about wanting a sense of control and a means to shape their identity that causes them to lose weight. Yes the person can become thin but they are not necessarily unhappy with their body image, it is more about wanting control, wanting a sense of identity which includes being thin.
Fiona Place
Author of Cardboard: A woman left for dead

By: LB

LB — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:31:03 +0000

People forget the other side of weight issues, that is conditions like anorexia and bulimia. There is not enough exposure to these circumstances and more should be done to highlight and prevent them

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:52 +0000

It is very true the media play a big part in protraying unrealistic images of the perfect body. The love yourself as you are, should be taught at a young age in schools and should be a government priority in education