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One problem with this movie


I love Meredith Baxter in this, and she looks great. That's kind of the problem--she has a perfect figure. It seems to me that someone bulimic who seldom eats would in fact be a lot skinnier, in a bony, unhealthy-looking way. Younger viewers (teens) might get the idea that in fact they have to starve and become bulimic to look like Meredith does in this movie. I've seen a few women like that over the years, and they're really kind of grotesque looking.

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Bulimia and Anorexia are both eating disorders however Anorexia involves starving one's self or eating very little whereas Bulimia involves both binging and purging therefore not developing that skeletal look.

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