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It is a tough question about anorexia. So many factors seems to be contributing to the cause. Magazins, media, how kids are taught to perceive themelves, school and peer pressure, needing attention, control isues, the listis endless.

I may be very unpopular for my views here, (in fact I'm almost sure I will be), but, it all comes down to parenting. When children are born, to me they are a very precious gift, one that requires us to challenge ourselves way beyond who we are and what we believe in order to keep them from making mistakes that will ruin their future lives. It is our responsibility to teach them how to filter and process what the world will try to fill their minds with, and to keep the kind of stress from them that will cause them to do things detrimental to their health. This is far from easy, but we all have access to the resurces that will help us do this, if we want to take the time and make the effort to do this. There is no excuse for young children to be anorexic........

The mind set of this country as to beauty has nothing to do with pretty....it is based on a buck. Years ago men like large woman to prove they were good providers. ladies are being feed false images of beauty that causes them to act to succeed in their minds. High fashion is a high killer.

I honestly don't think it's all what they see or peer pressure. It's way more complex than that. As with my niece, it's often a matter of control.