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Size 0 & Starvation Diets
15Apr2009 Filed under: Celebrity News Author: JTA friend of mine recently wrote two blogs posts which have created quite a stir. I felt quite disturbed by the type of traffic he has been getting to his blog and have my own opinion about the topics.
The first post was about the celebrity culture surrounding Size 0 and the second post was about starvation diets. The posts were about the pure idiotic mentality surrounding this culture and how to diet properly. He has been tracking the search terms used to enter the blog post and discovered people searching for “how to starve my self” and “starve myself to death”. I found this shocking that people are actually so worried about their weight they are prepared to starve themselves to a point where they are risking their lives.
JT’s Verdict - “What in gods name is wrong with the world that people listen to the idiotic lives of celebrities who think Size 0 and starvation diets are acceptable? Most celebrities on the latest diet have a brain the size of a pea but it seems attractive to young girls copying this lifestyle.”
I’m really interested in hearing from people about their views and what we can do to support those people who think this is sensible!
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JT is an entrepreneur from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK who is keen to voice his opinions about things that upset him on a daily basis during the process of running his businesses. If you’re looking for someone to discuss and host debate about topical issues that are annoying you please feel free to get in touch and propose a topic for the blog.
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advenrynado
June 6th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Hi, Congratulations to the site owner for this marvelous work you’ve done. It has lots of useful and interesting information about starvation diets and why they should avoided.
Lizzie
August 10th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Hi,
I see what is being said here and I completely agree that starvation diets are ridiculous. Apart from the fact that its unhealthy - I love food - the idea of starving myself to death is horrible (no chocolate!) . However I would like to make the distinction between size 0 and starvation diets - the two do not necessarily go hand in hand.
I am very thin and although i have not sized myself in American terms I did try on a pair of size 0 trousers when over there and they fit so I think I must be pretty close. the difference is that I am naturally this size - no matter how much or little I eat but my weight does not fluctuate so I dont have a choice.
People seem to assume that when you are thin you diet to get that way. People say that you should be your natural size but apparently that doesnt count if your thin. this is evident by the fact that I am constantly criticised for the way I look. The most recent insult being something along the lines of “I dont think skinny people look attractive, lizzie - you’re really thin - do you actually like being THAT skinny”
Lets here the flip side of that conversation. “I just dont think fat people are attractive - hey you’re really fat -do you really like being THAT fat” I would like to know if anyone reading this thinks that that would be an acceptable thing to say to anyone. Its a good job I have high self esteem otherwise I think I would have gone the other way and developed a binge eating disorder by now.
Anyhoo to sum up - starvation diets - definitely NOT a good thing and if you are starving yourself to reach size 0 then that is obviously not good BUT, not all thin people starve themselves to get that way.
Be nice to skinny people - we’re people too!