Would you rather be hit by a truck or be overweight? According to a new study, 54 percent of women would pick option A. (What's up, modern idea of beauty?) In addition to that lovely factoid, about 60 percent of female college students are "disordered eaters," which means they use food to deal with emotional issues and could be well on their way to full-blown anorexia or bulimia. So disturbing ... better have a bowl of ice cream to cope. (Newsleader)Mar 9th 2010 By Emerald Catron
Better Comatose Than Fat?
Would you rather be hit by a truck or be overweight? According to a new study, 54 percent of women would pick option A. (What's up, modern idea of beauty?) In addition to that lovely factoid, about 60 percent of female college students are "disordered eaters," which means they use food to deal with emotional issues and could be well on their way to full-blown anorexia or bulimia. So disturbing ... better have a bowl of ice cream to cope. (Newsleader)From Our Partners
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Tuesday 09 March
By C.J.
Being a fat person I'm sure this is true. The looks I get from people sometimes makes me feel like I'd be better off run over by a truck. You can be a drug addict, you can be an asshole, you can be a criminal... just don't be fat. For Gods sake whatever you do, don't be fat.
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Tuesday 09 March
By E.
Okay, seriously.
This is a REALLY disturbing trend, I won't dent that, but you are way off here, and perpetuating a myth that blames the suffering.
Negative media can lead to disorded eating, it CANNOT lead to an eating disorder.
When most people restrict their food intake, at some point their body will make it immensely difficult to continue mistreating it, because their biology (appropriately) is geared towards self preservation.
Other people restrict, however, and their biology responds in exactly the opposite way, signalling them to continue to eat less and less.
The first group has disordered eating. The second has an eating disorder. The difference is clear cut and determined by different biological signals.
You can't catch anorexia any more than you can "catch" obsessive compulsive disorder, clinical depression, or any number of other organic disorders. It's not a choice, or even a slippery slope because they saw too many skinny people, or no one would be CAPABLE of literally starving themselves to stroke, heart attack, and DEATH.
If you are suffering, you can't blame yourself. It wasn't one too many diets, it wasn't one too many issues of Vogue. You have a disease, and with support, you can get better.
But not if you're still trying to blame that low-cal salad dressing.
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Friday 12 March
By Brian
Fat people blame everything.. It's a "Disease" or "society is mean to fat people" and that's all nonsense. I didn't make you eat.
And yes, my girlfriend is thin, gorgeous, and has great tits. The outside of your body is a direct reflection of who you are inside.. you're bearing, your temperament, your self restraint, etc.
"It's on the inside what counts." -I'm still not going to talk to you if you're a blimp.
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Saturday 13 March
By KC
Yeah. As a chubby college girl I can honestly say this study really isn't a surprise.
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Sunday 14 March
By Star
Personally, I really don't know which option I'd pick.
Now, now don't go yelling at me, I'd just need a more detailed situation first. Like, if it's gaining 30 or 40 pounds as opposed to being hospitalized for a long period of time or having lasting damage, I'd rather be fat. However, if it was a broken leg and some bruising, I could handle that over being 300 lbs where my quality of life and self esteem are down the tube.
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Monday 15 March
By Terry B.
The "54% of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat" study is complete B.S. It's practically an urban myth. And it's NOT a recent study -- there are references to it from several years ago.
In fact, it's not a study at all, as not a single reference to it documents the actual study, who did the study, when, what the methodology was, etc.
I expect bubblegum fluff here...that's why I come. But please do a little more journalistic work, mmmkay?
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