Did you know....

Did you know...

	If shop mannequins were real women, they'd be too thin to menstruate.
	There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels ...and 8 who do.
	Marilyn Monroe wore between a size 12 and a size 16.
	If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.
	The average American woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a size 12 and 14.
	One out of every 4 college-aged women has an eating disorder.
	The models in the magazines are airbrushed: they are not perfect!
	A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent looking at models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilt and shameful.
	Twenty years ago models weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today they weigh 23% less.

Recovery

The improvement of understanding is for two ends:
first, for our own increase in knowledge;
secondly, to enable us to deliver and make
out that knowledge to others.

John Locke

The Natural Order of Things

True wisdom consists of not departing from Nature
but in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

Roman philosopher Lucius Anaeus Seneca

Balance

"Where are the lines between satisfaction and excess, between restraint and indulgence, between pleasure and self-destruction? And why are they so difficult to find, particularly for women?"

Our First Post

Our ANAD support groups are starting this Sunday. The Sunday group, from 4:00-5:15 is for women with eating disorders, and the Tuesday group, from 6:00-7:15 is open to men and women with eating disorders and their friends and family members. We hope to see you there.