| According to new research the promotion of | | | | diet and exercise. |
| healthy eating to fight obesity can drive some | | | | |
| teenagers into eating disorders. | | | | Every week I reduced my calorie intake and |
| Also many adult women and men admit that the | | | | increased the exercise time. Sometimes I was |
| extremes of trying to eat healthy lead them into | | | | very hungry and felt jealous towards people who |
| abnormal eating behaviors and later to a fully | | | | could eat whatever they wanted. I started |
| developed eating disorder. | | | | dreaming about food – of what I would eat if |
| | | | | I could. |
| So the question is how healthy for you is a | | | | |
| "healthy eating plan" and diet? | | | | Once I cheated and ate much more food then I |
| | | | | planned to do. I felt disgusted with myself. Then |
| From one point of view, it is good to make a | | | | I went to the toilet and made myself sick. This |
| healthy choice when you eat and it does help to | | | | gave me an instant relief to my strained feelings. |
| fight obesity. But on the other hand there are | | | | |
| people who get so obsessed with their eating | | | | On the next day I repeated it again, and again it |
| habits that it becomes abnormal and absolutely | | | | made me feel better. I thought I discovered a |
| out of control. | | | | new way to eat whatever I want and at the |
| | | | | same time stay slim. I thought it was my own |
| Most eating disorder sufferers say that their | | | | invention but it wasn't and that was how my |
| disorder started from a simple diet and trying to | | | | bulimia was born…" |
| eat healthy. They also say that they became | | | | |
| very emotional about their diet, weight and food. | | | | This is a typical story of the beginnings of |
| | | | | anorexia-bulimia. So the question is would these |
| For example here is a testimonial from a 24 year | | | | people have developed an eating disorder without |
| old woman who has been suffering from bulimia | | | | initially going on a "healthy" diet and an extreme |
| for the last 10 years: "It was very painful for me | | | | exercise regiment? Probably not! |
| to hear people called me fatty and I began dieting. | | | | In conclusion it is fair to say that eating healthy |
| When I lost some weight people started | | | | still should be a major part of overall health |
| complimenting me for the way I looked and it felt | | | | education in schools and in public education. |
| so rewarding that I only wanted to continue | | | | |
| dieting and loosing more and more weight … I | | | | But teaching about balance regarding peoples |
| really associated loosing weight with a reward and | | | | eating habits is probably much more important |
| big personal achievements, so I thought the more | | | | than just healthy eating at all costs. Teaching |
| I do it the better I will become. And I pushed | | | | balance is crucial for any health program if it |
| myself into an extremely restrictive regiment of | | | | wants to stop the spread of eating disorders. |