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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
And the reason anorexia/bulimia are taken more seriously is because we are more sympathetic to sometime with anorexia/bulimia than an obese person.
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I don't think it has to do with sympathy, I think it's just worse. Because you can be fat because you just don't eat well and don't exercise, and as soon as your doctor tells you to change you just do it as soon as you can and gain all your health back; but I'm guessing the recovery rate for anorexia bulimia is much lower. I mean, it's a mental disease, right, it's way harder to cure than just bad habits. On top of that it's more likely to cause irreparable damage to you (increased chance of heart problems, of osteoporosis, of teeth problems, and of infertility). Maybe the sympathy factor plays there, but in that case it's a good thing cause anorexia/bulimia seems worse (health-wise) than being chubby...