This week's depressing news: Diabetics are being found to get in to the eating disorder "trend," as it has been named. Called "Diabulimia," it is centered around people with type 1 diabetes that, to my horror, skip their insulin shots to lose weight! Because insulin promotes bone growth and, oh-ehm-gee, keeps fat calories in your body, sufferers skip the shot to promote rapid weight loss.
Something named "Pregorexia" has come about as well. As the name suggests, it is basically Anorexia for a pregnant women. Because of a will to stay the same weight throughout pregnancy (however much a dumb idea that is) pregnant sufferers will cut calories and exercise frequently. Such a thing can affect the baby, too! When born, it can have a smaller head and / or IQ, birth defects, and impaired functions later on in life.
Men have found an eating disorder to their fancy, now, too. Called "Reverse Anorexia," it is not what the name implies. Sufferers of this disease are usually teenage boys who are enticed by modeling men with 6, 8, and 10-packs, who think that they aren't attractive unless they are laced head to toe with muscle. Exercising and building muscle isn't bad -- until it becomes a health risk.
To make this end happily, I want to share something I found really inspiring and a good idea. It is called "Fat Free Talk Week." It is a week where society, girls especially, eliminate any negative comments about their bodies. Harmless questions like, "You look great, have you been dieting?" or, "Does this make my butt look big?" (one I, personally, laugh at) can really affect the target's thinking process. At the end of the article, , it encouraged everyone to make it not "Fat Free Talk Week" but "Fat Free Talk Year." Every year. Society is a big part in eating disorders, so shouldn't it be striving to help what it's inflicted?
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