The organization estimates that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders. Workshops dealing with food and weight issues were organized through the S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children's Services at various locations in San Francisco, Marin and Palo Alto. While no statistics linking Jews with eating disorders are currently available, many close to the field say there is a strong correlation. She was also a bulimic for nearly 30 years, and has now dedicated her life to helping others who suffer from eating disorders. In Jewish culture, it's eat, eat, eat.
Food is love.
If you don't eat it, you must not love me. While raising two kids and running a successful company, Strauss became increasingly obsessed with her body, on a constant loop of bingeing and purging. Sometimes she used laxatives or vomiting to rid herself of excess calories. Finally she was doing all three. I was really very sick.