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First of I AM NOT ANOREXIC! I just think it defies logic that there are scores of feeder sites yet everyone complains about the Ana sites. This fallacy is obvious when one refers to the following evidence:
The U.S. Surgeon General report declared that obesity is responsible for over 300,000 deaths every year. The most widely disseminated CDC research statistics on American obesity tell us that 63% of adults have a BMI in excess of 25.0 and are therefore overweight; more than a 1/4 surpass 30.0, having been declared obese. 3.8 million Americans carry over 300 lbs and 400,000 Americans fall into a 400+ lb category
In comparison US estimates from The National Institute of Mental Health show approx 5% of women and 1% of men have anorexia, bulimia, or binge ED's. It's hard to find a hard statistic on Ana death rates but most studies show only 5% of ED's result in death
If obesity is the larger problem why has the reaction been backwards?
2007-02-18
19:08:26
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This is of course not to "defend" pro ana sites, but unfortunately the dangers of obesity are overlooked and a large percentage of obese Americans ARE deluded in thinking that they aren't killing themselves.
My main point was to show the lack of logic that is applied to the reality of American health in favor of an emotional response as evidenced by the first several respondants to my question.
2007-02-18
19:28:16 ·
update #1