comment to i wish philosophy was pink, eating disorders (http://i-wish-philosophy-was-pink.blogspot.com/)

the media has changed having a less negative input on people's appearence especially now how there is loads of t.v programmes about how to look good in your own skin and getting a nice curvy body. people who do read the celeb mags full of dieting usually are the ones unhappy with their own lives so are cheering themselves up by looking at a false reality, this sense of disappointment in their own lives leads to them developing eating disorders. anorexia involves loads of symptoms that have no resemblence to the so-called media cause. im not denying it might just push those people over the edge but it could never be the only cause or everybody would be anorexia because we are all presented with the 'lets be skinny' moto. anorexia is usually uncontroable many people with this disease do actually want to be normall have children go out to lunch with their friends but something is stopping them, how can this be bad behaviour if it is unitentional. even as a generalisation or collective way as you put it it can't be bad many people with anorexia inspire people not to get it or allow them to recover from this state by seeing the negatives, so how is it a potential harm.

http://www.mamashealth.com/anorexia.asp