"Thoughts and Reflections" will discuss various issues and ideas that have provoked my attention.Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters
A book written by Courtney E. Martin
I am so excited that I have the privilege to be part of the Eating Disorder Association of New Jerseys first mother daughter conference. The key note speaker will be Ms. Courtney Martin. This workshop will challenge mothers and daughters to explore their beliefs about their bodies and body images.
For more details on the conference please visit the Eating Disorder Association of New Jerseys website at www. EDAof NJ.com.
Courtney’s book is an unbelievable account of what generations of mothers and daughters have addressed with regard to their bodies, their perception of themselves as well as many eating and food issues. I would like to quote the following paragraph from the book because it is so powerful. “Health and wellness, joy and love have come to seem ancillary compared to the desire for a perfect body. Even though eating disorders first became generally known about twenty-five years ago, they have burgeoned, worsened, become more difficult to treat and more fatal (50 percent of anorexics who do not respond to treatment die within ten years). Consider these statistics:
· Ten million Americans suffer from eating disorders.
· Seventy million people world wide suffer from eating disorders.
· More than half of American women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five would prefer to be run over by a truck or die young than be fat.
· More than two-thirds would rather be mean or stupid.
· Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychological disease.
This is so frightening to me. Having been in practice for 20 years, I can see the difference and agree that things are worse. This conference is about empowerment. I highly recommend reading Courtney’s book. If you are a woman whether you are a mother, a daughter, a sister or a friend, this read will be thought provoking for you. Thanks for visiting my site. Suzanne
A book written by Courtney E. Martin
I am so excited that I have the privilege to be part of the Eating Disorder Association of New Jerseys first mother daughter conference. The key note speaker will be Ms. Courtney Martin. This workshop will challenge mothers and daughters to explore their beliefs about their bodies and body images.
For more details on the conference please visit the Eating Disorder Association of New Jerseys website at www. EDAof NJ.com.
Courtney’s book is an unbelievable account of what generations of mothers and daughters have addressed with regard to their bodies, their perception of themselves as well as many eating and food issues. I would like to quote the following paragraph from the book because it is so powerful. “Health and wellness, joy and love have come to seem ancillary compared to the desire for a perfect body. Even though eating disorders first became generally known about twenty-five years ago, they have burgeoned, worsened, become more difficult to treat and more fatal (50 percent of anorexics who do not respond to treatment die within ten years). Consider these statistics:
· Ten million Americans suffer from eating disorders.
· Seventy million people world wide suffer from eating disorders.
· More than half of American women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five would prefer to be run over by a truck or die young than be fat.
· More than two-thirds would rather be mean or stupid.
· Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any psychological disease.
This is so frightening to me. Having been in practice for 20 years, I can see the difference and agree that things are worse. This conference is about empowerment. I highly recommend reading Courtney’s book. If you are a woman whether you are a mother, a daughter, a sister or a friend, this read will be thought provoking for you. Thanks for visiting my site. Suzanne
