About the Eating Disorders Support Group.

[Stuart G]

6. Warn your loved one about going to college, and also

tell him/her that there are resources at the college or university for people with eating disorders. Not only counseling, but my guess there is OA somewhere at the college. If you think that your loved one is all alone at a university or college with anorexia, then that loved one is totally mistaken. This is a far greater problem than we know. Why? They sure don't look "overweight." Only when you look closely, do you see how thin they are.

...I remember going to an OA meeting in the early 80s, and seeing totally beautiful ladies. I said to myself, "Why are they here?" They started talking, and then I knew exactly why they were at the meeting. They too were obsessed with the food, except they were "not eating" or "throwing up." This disease is far more wide spread then anyone knows. Especially with emphasis on the "thin look"