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Originally Posted by cub
That's not what I'm saying. I said we shouldn't slap a label of 'mental illness' on people who are obese, or suggest that people that turn to food as a comfort is the other side of the coin - and therefore the same - as anorexia.
Weight gain is often based on being unhappy and the use of food as a happiness-booster. Anorexia, as I understand it, is more of a control issue.
Obesity is food-led. Anorexia is body shape-led.
Most overweight people feel unhappy when they look in the mirror. Anorexics want to be thin. Obese people do not want to be fat.
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A very intelligent point, one that I happen to agree with you on.