Chocolate and Beyond

Breaking the chain: by a friend who wants to stop eating compulsively

Breaking the chain is the new blog site of a friend of mine, Linda Jones, who is looking for ways to overcome her compulsive eating disorder. Linda has two young twin girls, and she's determined not to pass 'diet mentality' onto them. She is ready to find a way out of her disorder and is looking for support.

Linda, a fabulous journalist as well as wonderful PR person, recently wrote an article on chaotic eating - that is very worth reading - that she has just posted to her blog.

I think Linda would welcome your support and goodwill - so please do share it with her.

French will jail those encouraging anorexia, say The Telegraph

According to a news report in the Daily Telegraph, the French are proposing to make it a criminal offence to encourage excessive thinness or anorexia, such as (I presume) in the YouTube video I found and discussed in my previous post.

This is a move to tackle the growing problem of anorexia in France, and the news report says the proposal would punish "incitement to excessive thinness" in magazines, on websites and in other media. Valerié Boyer, a Right-wing UMP senator, said she felt compelled to draw up the Bill after being shocked by an advertising campaign featuring an anorexic French woman last year.

40 reasons not to eat - very scary stuff

I found this video on YouTube. If you watch it, I'm sure you'll be as shocked as I was at how it is possible to be so ill with an eating disorder that you are compelled to make a video, such as this, which supports the practices that keep you ill and promotes them to others.