By Susan Donaldson James — 2012
Silver Medalist and mother Judi Brown Clarke warns about overzealous parenting.
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Society has also conditioned us to believe eating disorders afflict only young, white, thin, and affluent women. But in reality, they can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or weight.
Aging can be a challenge to body image. For some women, it may bring on — or rekindle — an eating disorder.
The stereotypic image of those suffering from eating disorders is not as valid as once thought.