Today it is believed that dieting is equal torture and oppression to women and some men. Life-threatening methods are used to alter our appearance so a perfect unnatural look can be achieved. Perfection, though, will never be achieved by dieting or binging and purging. Lives are taken everyday because of a standard set centuries ago. Isn't it time we take a look at the real person, beneathe the skin and bones, no matter how deep.
Inner beauty is far more important than outer beauty.
Meeta Kumur, a psychiatrist in the health services office, visited the campus dormitories, on Tuesday February 11,1997 for a seminar on Eating Disorders. Eating disorders are forms of self-abuse that reside in our country today. These disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa kill thousands of woman and men every year, and it is said that the biggest fear of five and six year-olds today is no longer having friends or being alone, it is getting fat. The seminar revealed some of the myths that are often taken as truth about dieting and eating. The session was very informative, it cleared up a lot of misconceptions people have about being overweight and dieting, said Cathy Folk a resident at Temple.