"If the standard for what [body type] is considered desirable is that much harder to obtain, it may lead to more young people developing eating disorders in order to achieve it."
—Alison Field, ScD,
from Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Adolescent Medicine,
on whether the culture's focus on childhood obesity could be leading to more eating disorders.
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