I stumbled into a video tonight on youtube, and ended up watching the entire documentary. It is produced by Cutting Edge, a documentary series from the UK that was founded in 1990. The documentary focuses on Dana, an 8 year-old girl from the UK who developed anorexia. She is sent to an eating disorder clinic for teenagers for a 12-week program, the entirety of which is seen in the video. The producers also interview the staff members and other patients of the clinic, as they discuss how eating disorders are affecting younger and younger people today. They believe that a lot of this is due to the increased media attention that dieting and beauty have had in recent years, and that children are more and more susceptible to these influences. The documentary is posted in 5 parts (totaling about 50 minutes), and if you have time to watch it, I highly recommend it. It is very interesting and makes me wonder what the future of eating disorders will be like. Dana is only eight and is already wearing make-up on a daily basis and concerned with her body image enough to completely starve herself. What will happen to children, say a 6 year-old, in another ten years or so, when the media is probably even more influential and prominent?
this is part 1 of the documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0NkVtSdkQ
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