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GODERICH SIGNAL! -STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987—PAGE 9
Eating disorders are magnified by cultural stress, doctor says
By Shelley McPhee-Haist
CLINTON - The lean figure of a girl,
slender, small, almost "boyish" in ap-
pearance. The figure of a pre -adolescent
female, small breasts, small hips, flat ab-
domen, few curves - such is the notion of a
beautiful woman's figure today.
Gone are the times when the full figured
woman was thought to be sensuous and
physically attractive. No longer are large
breasts, routided hips or shapely legs seen
as signs of Physical beauty in the trendy
world of woi en's fashions.
The age of the well rounded, well endowed
Renaissar. ^e woman is now considered
obsolete.
Today woven strive for a look that calls
for a thin, angular body of a young girl. It's
a "tubular siaped" body, according to Dr.
Kathy Berg and women's preoccupation to
have such .i igure is a major factor related
to eating nisorders.
Dr. Berg, a London psychologist, was the
guest speaker at the annual meeting of the
Huron -Path Centres for Children and
Youth. The September 23 meeting attracted
a large audience who came to hear her
speak n the topical subject of eating
disorder, in particular Anorexia and
Bulimia.
Dr. Be -g is widely known as a specialist in
the research and treatment of eating
disorders. She has concentrated her studies
on eating disorders for some five years and
works as a clinical psychologist at the
Universily of Western Ontario, as well as
maintain3 a private practice in London.
Cultural stress in the '80s
Dr. Berg says that eating disorders, in
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part, are magnified by cultural stress. Over
the past 20 years there has been a shift to the
revering of a thin body. It is promoted and
glorified in magazines, in fashion, in films,
on television.
Great emphasis is placed onbeing thin, on
being fit. Thinness is associated with being a
more successful woman, a more attractive
woman, more popular, more intelligent.
Thin women are admired for their self-
control, for their ability to govern their
bodies, both with diet restrictions and
through physical fitness.
They are seen as perfectionists, as strong
individuals with a keen sense of discipline
and responsibility.
Such is the mystic of a thin, beautiful
woman.
Dr. Berg says, "The glorification of youth
and the beautiful body does not fit in with
the aging female, particularly those who
have had children."
Despite the dictates of fashion trends,
most women have a difficult task making
their bodies conform to the rigid re-
quirements of "beauty" in the 1980s.
"It's hard to find a woman that is satisfied
with her body," Dr. Berg says.
Over the last 20 years, she notes, the
average female under the age of 30 has gain-
ed more weight because of better nutrition.
The fat phobia
Most women think they are too fat. Most
womendiet, Most women face the torments
of a society that has a prejudice against
obesity.
"There's a stigma about being
overweight. There's a fat phobia in our
society," says Dr. Berg.
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To be overweight is considered to be less
successful, less intelligent, less attractive.
Still, inspite of the prejudices and exag-
geration placed on physical beauty and thin-
ness, only a small percentage of the popula-
tion fits the mold. Only three to five per cent
of the population falls into the ideal range of
body image.
The rest of us struggle.
Eating disorders cut across all age and
socio -cultural boundaries. It affects young
people, it affects old people, from teenaged
girls to octogenarians.
Eating disorders most commonly trouble
females to the tune of 90 to 95 per cent.
Eating disorders become a way of life, an
obsession. Thinness becomes a major
source of self-esteem and fills an area of
personal inadequacy.
Women with eating disorders live with the
notion that thinness will make their lives
happier.
"She losses five pounds and her life is no
different. She tries to lose another five
pounds, and on, and on," Dr. Bergs
explains.
There are assumptions associated with
anorexia, notions that thinness will bring
greater admiration from others, more
power and control over their lives, greater
self-confidence and lessened feelings
pressure. Ir
They believe that while overweight people
are second class citizens, a thin person has
more rights, greater choices. Dr. Berg ex-
plains, "It gives me the right to choose men,
to choose ;clothes, to be in sports, to choose
foods."
Personal conflicts
People who have eating disorders often
Dr. Kathy Berg, (left) a clinical psychologist from London was the guest speaker at the
Huron -Perth Centres for Children and Youth annual meeting. She spoke on eating
disorders. A large crowd heard her topical discussion on anorexia and bulimia. Meeting
for further discussion were Pat Lane of the Community Psychiatric Service in Wingham,
Dr. Lesley Rourke of Goderich and Dr. Mario Cauchi of Goderich. (Shelley McPhee
Heist photo)
suffer with .great internal conflict and in-
securities. They often harbor fears of rejec-
tion, and fears about sexuality. They talk
about the fight for independence in their
lives, and, on the contrary they also deal
with fears of becoming too powerful. They
fear rejection if they are seen as being
overweight, and they fear rejection if they
become too thin.
"People with eating disorders face a great
,deal of conflict about what they should and
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