So Sad

Most people think of eating disorders as arising in teens and adults, but now news is surfacing that it can start in kids younger than age ten. Most anorexia sufferers have developed the disease by that age, which is a very scary thought. With the 53% that say the former, 29% say that their food problems started at age 11-15. They say that the problems rose when they experienced traumatic family events, like divorce and death. The age of sufferers is continually getting younger, and it's scary. Where most blamed the illness on traumatic events, a few even replied that they were influenced by size 0 pop stars and super models. It makes me wonder sometimes why the famous people we look at day after day display such unrealistic sizes. We're supposed to look up to them, but instead, they are teaching young ones to think that anything less than a size 0 waistline is unhealthy and fat, when truly, the size 0 waistline is (normally) not a good sign. Wouldn't it be easier to display health and be 'real' than give the press a hundred things with which to tear you down with?