Not Just Surface Damage

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But I certainly won’t classify it as an eating disorder - I’m ethically not against the idea of dieting, because how you want your body to look is really a matter of what you want, and your personal priorities. But, obviously, when it starts compromising far more important factors like your general health and well-being, something has to be done. I think education will definitely help the situation the world is in, because at least, now people are learning about what anorexia is and its symptoms. I don’t think it applies so much to anorexics themselves as the friends around them, who’re able to identify the problem they’re facing and encourage them to seek treatment. That’s still not enough, though - I think we all need to understand that skinniness is no more than a trend


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