Comments on: Serious Food Issues Abound in the US

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:20:13 +0000

Ray made a good comment… it’s not just girls who go thru this, men do as well… It’s very common to see girls get caught up in this and don’t realize that men do too.. This is a serious problem and we need more people, therapist to help with this and be understanding.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:16:06 +0000

Are the symptoms of bulimia the same as anorexia as far as some of the physical problems?

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:02:44 +0000

It is important to point out too that this can happen to both young men and women too. I have for years had terrible self esteem and issues with my own body image and nobody ever took me seriously I guess because I am a guy. I mean what kind of guy really even cares about that kind of stuff? Well I did and still do and this has caused me and my family both a great deal of pain. There never seems to be the right kind of treatment geared toward helping men overcome these issues so for a long time now I have felt at a loss as to where to turn for help. I have a fantastic therapist now who is helping me to wrestle with many of my own inner demons but it is still a struggle every day.

By: Savannah

Savannah — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:01:33 +0000

And the more we buy into it the more serious the problems are going to continue to be.

By: Braden

Braden — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:32:00 +0000

It is very sad that people have to go through life hating the way they feel and look and blaming the food that they eat. It’s no wonder that many people have bulimia or are anorexic from all the junk food they advertise and the way they make it easy to just grab up and eat and all the skinny models in magazines and tv, where a lot of teens and young adults look up to and use as role models to be just like them.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:12:14 +0000

We are such a wasteful country in general and it makes me sad to think about how many are out there who would kill for the amounts of food that we have so readily available to us and yet there are still those who do not appreciate food for what it is. For many people food is the enemy and i guess it is just kind of difficult for me to wrap my mind around that whole concept. Food should be appreciated and enjoyed, not looked at as something evil yet this is how those with eating disorders perceive it. How does that happen? What happens to people who have this way of thinking about food? Food should be nourishment and we should all be way more appreciative than we are for its plentiful abundance here in the United States.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:45:47 +0000

Having watched a close friend almost kill herself with an eating disorder I can honestly say that it is just not that easy to change their lives. They may eat that piece of chocolate but then they are in the bathroom the next minute trying to throw it up. She has numerous health problems now that all stem from years of traumatizing her body and who knows what kinds of mental and emotional scars that she will carry with her for years. It is scary that eating disorders are so often wrongly diagnosed and that there seems to be very little care for those who have them in their lives.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:55:23 +0000

I never knew binge eating is so serious. I think all of us go through that sometime in our teens. I do know that schools are doing their part by altering school lunches to healthier options. It’s nice to see some celebrities think differently about size 0. It’s not wrong to be size 0 naturally especially if you belong to the Asian race where women have a smaller skeletal structure. I think the awareness is catching up. It’s the attitude of people in most cases which needs to change. Most people who are alone, going through a lot of stress, chronic illness or depression have eating disorders. Families and friends need to lend that helping hand. If your friend is too fat pick her along for a morning or evening walk. If your partner is too thin make a romantic dinner at home and dont forget the chocolate mousse.

By: Hollis

Hollis — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:47:29 +0000

It is agonizing to see people going through their issues with food when I see so much waste here. Wasted food, wasted lives. Who would have ever thought that this basic energy source could bring so many problems to so many?

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:16:20 +0000

From what I have read in the past eating disorders are sometimes about having something in your life that you feel you have control over. Is that true? I always thought it had more to do with the unrealistic expectations that we place upon people about what they have to look like in order to be more acceptable to society but maybe I am way off the mark. Does anyone have any insight into this? I tend to think that the control issue seems a little strange but this is something that I have never had to deal with before so I do not want to pass judgement in any way.