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“Being healthy is overrated. I’d just rather lose weight.” Jackie critiques MTV’s True Life diet episode

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“Being healthy is overrated. I’d just rather lose weight,” says 16-year-old Marissa. Jackie: I can relate to that statement. In fact, I said it once or twice myself in my youth! I’m watching True Life on MTV. The story is “I’m on an extreme diet” They are following two young people who want to look good. […]

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It’s National Eating Disorder Week. I am a veteran of disordered eating. Let me be perfectly clear that disordered eating is not the same as having an eating disorder. Disordered eating is another way of saying dysfunctional eating. I see it this way – eating is form to function. In other words, eating is a […]