ly 90 pounds I would look in the mirror and see fat, hoping that maybe one more day of not eating would yield different results the next time I looked. I have seen, firsthand, what an eating disorder can do to a person's life; this is a dangerous pattern in society that must be resolved.
             In addition to personal experience, there has also been evidence of eating disorders in the media. Karen Carpenter, singer for the band "The Carpenters", died from complications of anorexia. Diana, Princess of Wales, had a lifelong struggle with bulimia and Carnie Wilson, of the band "Wilson Phillips", had a struggle of a different kind, one with obesity. Occasionally you will see movies on television dealing with this topic, usually following the storyline of a dancer, or athlete, pressured to be thin to get the competitive edge in their performance. Unfortunately, these movies are often depicted in a campy, overly dramatic way, vastly undermining the seriousness of the issues they portray. Nevertheless, it is cl
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