Childhood anorexia: parents to blame?
Former anorexic Kate Beckinsale has lashed out at parents who have children suffering with the eating disorder, saying that family problems are to blame rather than images of size 0 models.
Could better parenting curb anorexia in children or does the problem lie elsewhere? Have your say.
Your comments
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jc from ere says:May 13, 10:11
i think that the tv,papers and magazines are to blame,almost every headline is 'so and so loses so much in so many weeks' and 'celeb tips on bikini diets' why does everyone in the public eye need to be so skinny? they have no hips no bum and no breasts it just doesnt look healthy and being under weight can affect your health badly and even make you infertile,women where made to have natural curves but in the celeb world its more the norm to be just a skellenton covered with skin and the poor young girls end up thinking it normal to look like that
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Wendy from Wendslesdale says:Jan 25, 17:17
I think it amazing the amount of 'stars' and D listers who have confessed to having an eating disorder since Princess Dianna discussed hers. I know she was a fashion icon but is this not following it a bit too far??
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anna wrecksick from uk says:Jan 23, 08:42
i am anarexic, I dont eet becos i wont to luk lkie my fave star its my rite an u cant make me eat becos its my rite to look like i wont to look like ok an i don care so there
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Rachel Bristow from West Yorkshire says:May 18, 18:23
I'm a teenager and i think that, in some situlations botht eh parents and celebs are to be blamed as the parents might not relazing that thier child is not eating healthy and the celebs, in such a way, encourage children to be like them. Celebs should only be in the news if it is a positive actions they have taken unless of course it's some terrible e.g a death of family member but the more news children hear about clebs becoming thinner each day the more they want to be like them. I mean the boys and men don't really care what they look like, so we should really follow thier example. People should accept you how you are, deosn't matter if your thin, fat, ugly, pretty...ect.The good role models on average i woulf say are the men because they are NOT always in the news for,lets says, stupid attitudes and behivour over nothing much. People care more about the world around them instead of being selfish and worrying over nothing much. I mean i would be worried about a World War 3 happeneing than my apperence. Concentrate on the more important news than the celeb news, as the clebs are noly "normal" who are known by everyone, inside they are just like us.
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SARAH from BLACKBURN says:May 18, 17:33
I DONT THINK PARENTS ARE TO BLAME BUT ON THE OTHER HAND SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARISE IN FAMILY SITUATIONS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM.
ALSO I DONT THINK ALL THE STARS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK UP TO DONT MAKE MATTERS ANY BETTER WITH THEIR APPEARANCE AND THE PREESURE THEY PUT ON THEMSELVES TO STAY TWIG THIN!
I WAS A SIZE 4-6 LAST APRIL AND LOOKED 30 I'M NOW A HEALTHY SIZE 10 FEEL HEALTHIER, SEXIER AND LOOK YOUNGER THAN MY AGE WHICH IS 23!
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