Eating Disorders Common Among Older Women
JUNE 22, 2012
A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina found that 13 percent of women 50 years of age and older had an eating disorder such as binge-eating or bulimia, including many women over the age of 75. What do you think?
Look, once your husband’s gone, there’s nobody left to keep up appearances or keep down food for.
Shandra Schneider
Systems Analyst
Well, you know, you get all busy and preoccupied, then pow, suddenly you’re 50, and it dawns on you, ‘My God, I never got around to that eating disorder.’
Remmick Harris
Systems Analyst
No wonder, when they’re being constantly bombarded with unrealistic images of Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
Ken Faisca
Systems Analyst
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