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tofucheesecake · January 30th, 2006, 06:51 PM

I think the whole Hollywood eating disorder thing is blown waaaay out of proportion. A lot of women are just in very very good shape, but since most people in the US are in very very bad shape, they think the women are "anorexic". And no, I am by no means saying that Mary-Kate at the star ceremony was okay, but still, for every one person they make a huge deal out of, there are plenty of women who are perfectly normal, and are most certainly not eating disordered. Granted, I don't live in LA, nor have I seen a movie star in real life without the camera's ten pounds, but given the concentration of people there who need to look good for the camera and are willing to do anything for a job, I don't think their so-called "eating disorder" numbers are that unusual. It's only as much of an epidemic as you make of it. There are healthy ways to be pretty thin; "normal" people just don't want to put in the effort and patience it takes to get there, nor do they have the money and time for trainers, dieticians, personal chefs, etc, etc.

January 30th, 2006, 06:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
tofucheesecake Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 374	Re: Thin city: Eating disorders in Hollywood I think the whole Hollywood eating disorder thing is blown waaaay out of proportion. A lot of women are just in very very good shape, but since most people in the US are in very very bad shape, they think the women are "anorexic". And no, I am by no means saying that Mary-Kate at the star ceremony was okay, but still, for every one person they make a huge deal out of, there are plenty of women who are perfectly normal, and are most certainly not eating disordered. Granted, I don't live in LA, nor have I seen a movie star in real life without the camera's ten pounds, but given the concentration of people there who need to look good for the camera and are willing to do anything for a job, I don't think their so-called "eating disorder" numbers are that unusual. It's only as much of an epidemic as you make of it. There are healthy ways to be pretty thin; "normal" people just don't want to put in the effort and patience it takes to get there, nor do they have the money and time for trainers, dieticians, personal chefs, etc, etc.