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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've ran into this with my sister and there's nothing you can do. If she were anorexic instead of obese, you'd have an intervention and put them in a treatment center. Obese just gets treated more as a lifestyle thing and we that we should accept it. I believe they're just two sides to the same coin and both are just as unhealthy (although anorexia is immediately more life threatening).[/quote]

I've never considered this perspective, and I agree. Both will kill you, why not approach obesity with the same level of concern?[/quote]

We use interventions for anorexics and addicts because anorexia and addiction are diseases where denial is a huge element of the disease process.  Conversely, most people who are obese are well aware that they have a problem and that they are unhealthy.  It's not necessary to "confront" an obese person and convince that person that she has a problem.  99% of the time, she knows that.[/quote]

I haven't found this to be true actually. Obesity IS denial. I come from a large/obese family. I love them, but they're all in denial. They think their diabetes and high blood pressure is genetic and completely doubt that it could be remedied by losing weight. They also think their obesity is genetic too (one told me that her ancestors could better weather a famine and that obesity used to be helpful). They think people who are thin just got lucky (and I'm sure it was somewhat luck, but also diet, exercise and portion control). Hell I'm thin and they say that I must have inherited it from some distant ancestor.  :roll:

I have heard the exact same things from my bulimic friend's mouth when she was deep in the throes of bulimia. [/quote]

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