Comments on: Hollywood's Dangerous Weight-Loss Secret

Models, Celebs Drop Pounds With Drug Made To Treat Asthma In Horses

[memerider]

It's not just Hollywood. This issue is made more difficult by the natural human tendency to store fat due to a heritage of regular bouts of starvation in the past. The combination has people self-righteously condemning others for being overweight, and those who are on the receiving end of the condemnation are scrambling to try to fix themselves. This is a serious systemic societal problem.

A start would be to integrate exercise as part of school and workdays and limit availability of unhealthy foods to children and workers at school and on-the-job. If people don't have soda and candy machines, they'll eat whatever is available.

Our workplaces have become white-collar sweat shops where people sit for 10-12 hours or more daily with few breaks where they wolf down whatever is fast.

Hollywood is just the tip of the iceberg.

[cornflower3]

if the people in hollywood want to harm themselves, let them, but these diets should not be advertised so young women and women with low self esteem copy them. for some reason people think if they copy everthing these so-called stars do they will look like them, forgotting about the botox injections and plastic surgery, fake boobs and liposuction that is also needed. plus they need photographers that will touch up the pictures so these people will look even better.

[lonestartnow]

OK, if this doesn't post, I give up. One last time. This is much more than an "it's nice to be thin" issue, and it's not just an issue to be addressed by models, actresses and actors. It must be addressed at all levels on an individual basis. It's an issue that must take into account personal responsibility and what that means to each of us. Want or need to lose weight? Sure. According to statistics, most of us do. But what about long term health? You can do both. We are at a point in this country where a national movement is needed to change our fundamental lifestyle behaviors. We are all stake in this effort, and together we must confront the epidemic of overweight, obesity and inactivity, but not by harming ourselves or our bodies. Starving is obviously not the answer, any more than are veterinary drugs for horses, or any other weight loss "drug du jour." What about common sense and personal choice? What about what's right for each of us rather than what's right for Hollywood? Sorry for the soapbox, but this issue is my business and when I see stories such as this, it reinforces why I do what I do.

[lonestartnow]

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[lonestartnow]

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[lonestartnow]

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[lanaedawn]

And...the models don't do it because they like the look...the models do it to keep their job. I'm 5'8, 108 lbs and I got out of modeling because I got turned down for jobs because I was told I was too fat to wear the clothes. Many of the models you see in magazines are somehow pinned and stuffed into those clothes. None of my housemates thought the ultra skinny look was attractive but in order to survive in the business it was what they were forced to look like.

[lanaedawn]

I agree with vigilante. Anorexia/bulimia, obesity, alcoholism...these are not diseases...they are the result of too little self control or too little self esteem. People need to learn to deal with life and get over themselves.

[szelag19]

My, my vigilante,you are an angry little person aren't you? From the sound of your comment you must live in a fascinating world..where all is black and white and weight is not an issue.. that's wonderful..go spread your sunshine throughout all the lives you come in contact with..but please, don't ever enter into the real world..

[o0pie]

I concur, it is scary to think that the skeletal look is 'in'. I hope I have instilled a better sense of self-worth in my teenage daughter to be happy with her body and not fall into this cycle of unhealthy weight loss. I also agree, from a male point of view, that this extreme is as unattractive as the other extreme, which would be severe obesity.

[zellasty]

You have to ask yourself, if you are them, living a glamourous life, pictures taken of you everyday, designer clothes, the finest food, exotic vacations, the money, the life. Is it worth your life? I think many of these celebrities say yes. They will sell their soul to have it all.

[tibu987]

The human mind is a mysterious thing.
One would think that upon looking in a mirror at your body, flattened out, dried breasts, ugly bony skeleton, one would think, hey, I could use a few pounds to fill out a bit.
Obviously, the models do not see it that way. They must see a shrink to learn how to maintain their bodies, slim, but not skeletal.

[rafterman1]

I agree with ecuadoriana, there is nothing more unattractive than that look. But I think part of the psychological problem is, the women who do this to themselves don't realize how bad they look. In their mind's eye, they thnk NOT doing this to themselves is what's unattractive. And it's hard to reason with people who have difficulty with reality. That's why Vigilante11 is wrong, anorexia IS a disease because the sufferers are incapable of seeing the reality of their situation. It has nothing to do with ego. Do you really believe that if they could see how awful and sick they look, they would still do it to themselves? They are psychologically damaged, not stupid.

[telescopium]

I dunno, the rest of you are freaking out, Im wondering where I can get this stuff... I would die to look like those girls

[ecuadoriana]

Who are these men who are supposed to find the near-death, bag-o-bones look attractive? I have never in my 45 years met a man (younger or older) who thinks this look is attractive, ***, or healthy. There can't be any men behind the modeling scenes telling the models to starve themselves, because no (normal) man wants to be in bed with, or to fantasise about, a corpse.

These girls talk about "the pressure" on them to look deathly thin, but there is an option. They can QUIT modeling & find a career that doesn't require them to practically kill themselves. What is the point of making all that money if it will be only used to pay for their medical or funeral expenses.

I also have to question the wisdom & sanity of the parents who actually encourage their daughters to pursue this type of modeling. Models as young as 12!!! What sane mother would encourage her 12 yr old daughter to look like a half-starved prostitute?! What happened to "Eat your dinner! There are children starving in Africa!"

Any men who do actually think "the waif" look to be *** must be pedophiles. Most normal men don't fantasise about half naked little girls. And that is just what most of these models look like.

[malaniz2]

Please be advised that Clenbuterol is also used in Mexico to make cows grow faster. It is very dangerous since this product is not processed by the liver. I cannot imagine how this can be used as a weight loss product since it is used also to make cows grow....just eat right!!

[immunity100]

vigilante11 ,
I am totally with you!!

[vigilante11]

Anorexia in NOT an illness. I lived in Africa for the first 30 years of my life and the word does not even exist. Anorexia is choice, an addiction to one's F****g ego. Anorexics are simply looking for attention and symphathy from the rest of us and so are the obese people...and if you die from either of those self-inflicted "disease", all I can say is, YOU ASKED FOR IT. Go ahead and die..see if the world stops spinning.

[immunity100]

Obesity is a much bigger problem for general Americans. The only difference is that some people stuff themselves with junk food to death in a slower rate.

[htownjesse]

What a bunch of morons!! Happiness should NOT be dependent on what someone else thinks you should be but how you feel about yourself on the inside.
Drugs like these shold be banned in the USA. Besides, if I wanted all bones I'd order me some BBQ ribs.