Why are so many people having unhealthy eating habits?

[Administrator]

Should John Prescott's recent shock have been so unexpected? Even though bulimia was not even recognised as a medical condition until 30 years ago, now over 1 million Britons are known to have such eating disorders.

To read more about this topic please check out the Independent website.

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[tea]

I think that this is also brought about by too much portrayal of the "right bodies" in media. It seems that people have become so vain nowadays that they are willing to put their health in danger just to achieve the bodies other models and celebrities have.