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Re: Kenneth Tong Promoting Anorexia - January 8th 2011, 11:28 PM

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Of course, people are probably gonna disagree with me and that's cool too.

Yep, I disagree completely. I'm sorry but I've seen the effects of anorexia on a lot of my friends- obesity may be a killer but its a slow killer, and while there are many adverts advocating eating and cooking there are very few advocating being overweight as a lifestyle choice or as a 'good thing'. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness (or so I read in the times yesterday..) and persuading someone with a mental illness that they should make themselves worse, or encouraging impressionable teens/adults to develop a mental illness is abhorent. Sorry if that sounds a little strong.. I don't believe in 'anorexia as a lifestyle choice'.