Eating disorders should be banned

i personally think that there is so much information out there for young girls or anyone else to find that its not something we can sensor anymore. anyone that develo[ps a serious eatinjg disorder does so through lack of proper nutritional education, low self esteem and probably out of confusion as to what a healthy lifestyle and body is!
as a teacher I think its disgracefuk that there is so little curriculum based on a healthy lifestyle and far too little to help girls and boys imptove their self esteem. I spend a small fortune having water, flavoured waters and fruit in my clasroom for my kids because I think its important. I am not allowed to drag the parents of one of my students who is hugely overweight into school to ask them why the hell they give their obese 12 year old a jar of nuttella to "snack" on every day and to point out that foot long sandwiches are probably not needed for a child that has school dinners!
I teach teenageres and have had many girls starving themselves and when I talk to them about it, they do it because they don't know how to lose weight, or how to have a healthy diet and often because they have no control over the food they are given so they just stop eating it!
to me it doesn't matter what magazines print, photoshop, what pro-ana sights say, if we educated our children better then the problems would go down!

You never know where people will find strength, as well. Maybe someone will finally start to eat correctly. If you see a post that blatantly promotes Ana or Bulimia, you are free to report it - the site does have Guidelines.

....and no way the Admin is ever going to "monitor" Diaries :laugh:

Oh my, a nineteen year old, book burning nazi airs her view. Why stop there? Why not those who are overweight by a certain amount? Are they not encouraging people to eat when they post they can't stick to their diet and consume more than is necessary? Why stop there? Delete their account, log their I.P. address so that they can never inflict anyone with their corrupt, insidious ways.

Or maybe recognise it is a psychological disorder and they need greater help than this site and people like you can provide.

How about all the members that have "I have an ED (be it anorexia, bulimia, or morbid food addiction) and have no interest in getting fat/getting skinny. Nothing wrong with having an ED, leave me alone!" on their page?

People in remission from either end of the spectrum, sure, makes sense to be here. People intent on killing themselves, either way...well,

And this is coming from a recovered bulimic. I don't look at profiles anymore because I kept coming across all these pro-ED profiles, complete with pro-ana or pro-emi links and pics and sayings.

But I also realize that no one at MFP is actually going to bother.

Plus I realize that some families feed their kids fast food because buying a cheeseburger off the dollar menu is a lot cheaper than buying fresh fruit and veggies at the super market. It's sad, but true.

So, I'm sorry, it's simply not. As both a parent and a frugal *kitten*, I've done the math.

Hannaford My Essentials frozen chicken breasts: $6.99, 10 serving package: $0.69 per serving.
Hannaford Frozen Mixed Vegetables, 1 pound bag (5 servings) $0.99: $0.20 per serving
Hannaford Multigrain Loaf (~16 slices per loaf, so 8 servings): $4.00, $0.50 per serving
1% Milk, Gallon (16 8oz servings): 3.95, $0.25 per serving

$1.64 per serving for "heat-and-eat" or minimal cooked food that will take less time than sitting at the damned drive-through and provide ten times the nutritional quality. Round it up to 2 bucks if you want some form of sauce.

I've never seen a kid leave a Mickey D's without a small fries, and usually a cookie. That with a cheeseburger is WAY over 2 bucks.

I think the "Why McDonalds is horrible and not cheap" thread is down that hall <

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Hmm, I wonder if anyone recognises that being obese is also an 'eating disorder' in that you don't get to be in that situation by having a healthy relationship with food.

Yes, if you are anorexic it ISN"T recommended to track food obsessively so sites like MFP should be a definite no, especially if the anorexic in question is in therapy, but considering that an anorexic will track calories whichever way they want - in their head, on paper etc - it's unreasonable to expect MFP to go weeding out those who don't 'fit the profile'.

Everyone here is just trying to get by in their own particular way.

I don't see how people are comparing overweight people with someone who is pro-ana. If an obese person is on here and they eat too much - they are here because they are at least TRYING. If someone is a recovering anorexic its the same thing BUT if they are waving their Pro-ana flag high and have no intention of trying to become healthier - THAT is a problem. Unfortunately there is no way to police how much people are eating but I do think they should be banned if they are promoting unhealthy habits. That includes if an obese person is posting links to pro-obesity websites. I've NEVER seen that happen but...hey, there's a first time for everything lol.