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shared by Simran Fabiani on 17 Nov 10 - Cached

he conference offered some hope that the fashion industry's disastrous obsession with the uber-thin and its cavalier disregard for the consequences of eating disorders may be coming to an end.
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Anna Wintour admitted that models' attitudes towards food have long been hush-hush subjects for modeling agencies and designers, who prefer to shove the topic under the rug and continue subtly reminding the models to keep off the pounds.
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5'10 model who's a size 4 is told she's too fat,
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and said designers need to embrace "real women."
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Some fashion shoots and shows are failures because she is not as skinny as the other models (at 5'10 and 125 lbs!).
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epresent the norm in the life of many models.
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shared by Simran Fabiani on 17 Nov 10 - No Cached

50% of girls between the ages of 13 and 15 believe they are overweight.
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80% of 13 year old girls have dieted
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40% of 9 year old girls dieted
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40 – 60% of high school girls diet
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Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
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Only about 10% of all anorexics are male.
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Some believe this has to do with the media in western society, which portrays thin women as beautiful and desirable. 
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other eating disorders seem to be on the rise in non-western countries, possibly due to more exposure to western media and culture
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Anorexia statistics show that with treatment, only 60% make a full recovery.
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he final 20% stay dangerously underweight.
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