tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post8716190930954150586..comments2023-05-14T10:58:47.964-05:00Comments on Recovering Inspirings: The Obesity/Emaciation ConnectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-28052543982106341042012-07-24T13:32:30.887-05:002012-07-24T13:32:30.887-05:00The ads are for the parents, you know. And with k...The ads are for the parents, you know. And with kids that young, it's really the Parents that have the baggage and the problems - not the kids. The ads are supposed to be a way to wake up parents to the fact that they are passing along their unhealthy relationships with food to their children, and in the process damaging their health in all the ways you mentioned. <br /><br />I actually find it interesting that so many people who see these ads immediately think that the stigma is on the children. If the ad showed a kid who had been beaten by the parents, would our knee-jerk reaction be that the kid would be stigmatized for being the kind of kid who would get beaten? Or how about an ad showing a kid in a car without a seat belt about to get into a horrible accident? Would we say that ad is shaming the kid for being negligent? Of course not. You'd blame the parents (only). <br /><br />So why when the ad is obese kids do we say they shame the kids? It's the adults, the parents, who are passing down harmful lifestyles. For some reason we've decided that parents who don't buckle their kids into the car or who hit their kids or who neglect their kids deserve strict punishments while those who allow their kids to become morbidly obese are innocent of all charges. Hardly. There are many ways to damage a kid, and the physical and emotional damage from passing along an unhealthy relationship to food are not minor. That's what the ads are trying to say. Wake up, parents. It matters.Xalerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583116516629564254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-44756584368714810752011-07-17T19:07:54.896-05:002011-07-17T19:07:54.896-05:00you're completely right; whether I was starvin...you're completely right; whether I was starving myself or binging away, in both cases I was trying to escape emotional issues. that ad makes me so sad. it's just so mean & hurtful. how can we address these types of health issues without blaming and shaming the individual suffering them? :(<br /><br />but yeah; people also forget that binge eating is an ED too...suihttp://rvxn.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-87812744457129773602011-07-17T13:44:04.774-05:002011-07-17T13:44:04.774-05:00Looking at the similarities between obesity and em...Looking at the similarities between obesity and emaciation is something I hadn't thought about before, but it makes a lot of sense. It all really does come down to how warped our society's relationship with food and body image has become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-6562187701798727912011-05-16T13:42:53.166-05:002011-05-16T13:42:53.166-05:00LOVE THIS! I agree 100% with everything you wrote ...LOVE THIS! I agree 100% with everything you wrote - from the similarities between the overweight/underweight to the inherent discrimination in those obesity campaign ads.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339643338071382257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-28857206088445008552011-05-15T10:36:37.299-05:002011-05-15T10:36:37.299-05:00It is strange isn't it, how similar both extre...It is strange isn't it, how similar both extremes are in terms of treatment. And I totally agree, it is totally uncalled for, and probably damaging and hurtful to the kids on the ad. It is terrible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-39370179485053356472011-05-14T21:36:24.425-05:002011-05-14T21:36:24.425-05:00My councellor calls it 'doing funny things wit...My councellor calls it 'doing funny things with food' - and she's right, whether it's overeating or undereating there are often underlying emotional reasons why. They just manifest differently in different people - but the similarities are there.<br />And yes I agree - can you imagine if there were ads for blaming children with anorexia and their parents - the outcry would be heard from Mars!!PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486135269960422312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-83638024429311863882011-05-14T21:08:14.068-05:002011-05-14T21:08:14.068-05:00Education is definitely paramount --- as well as H...Education is definitely paramount --- as well as HOW we go about educating.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640246267400604836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-25076165772634461742011-05-14T21:05:40.388-05:002011-05-14T21:05:40.388-05:00it should be noted, that in research, prevention o...it should be noted, that in research, prevention of eating disorders increasingly falls into the category of preventing disordered eating, and is targeted not only at under eating, but also over eating. The key, thus far, is to teach the best way to have a positive self image, which will help a person in everything they do, and the younger they learn it, the better.<br /><br />But it also comes down to education, as with everything else. Education about positive health, about healthy eating, and a healthy approach to physical activity. Education about how parents and other community members can foster positive self esteem in youth (and each other). Education about changing the language we use and the way we talk about our bodies and ourselves. <br /><br />It needs to happen on all levels of society, but likely will have the most effect from the "bottom up" as in, children influencing their parents.<br /><br />But yes, they are often the same.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785551514968003726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768701363853519690.post-32684614401067932422011-05-13T16:28:12.558-05:002011-05-13T16:28:12.558-05:00I am with you all the way.
I feel that either extr...I am with you all the way.<br />I feel that either extremes, need dealing with in a manner that is compassionate.<br />I agree, not all, but many, obese people are eating disordered, and could you imagine if we tackled Anorexia etc in the same way.<br />I don't know, I just have an issue with the whole way the 'obesity crisis' is managed, when we seem to equally be having a eating disorder crisis. Something isn't right in all of it.<br /><br />For me, they are both extremes, both as serious, both as problematic.<br />Both need thinking about in a manner that is helpful not attacking xxxSia Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120049607697882002noreply@blogger.com