Battling an Eating Disorder: When Bulimia Becomes a True American Idol Sized Problem
In a People Magazine article, American Idol contestant, Katherine McPhee disclosed that she has secretly suffered from bulimia for the past five years. It was her success in televisions American Idol competition that inspired her to come forward and get help to recover from her life-threatening eating disorder. Katherine, a vocalist who at her worst point was self-inducing vomiting up to seven times a day, claimed that she realized her bulimic behaviors were equivalent to taking a sledgehammer to her throat and brought herself to treatment.
Glamorizing Eating Disorder Illnesses? Or Becoming an Invaluable Role Model?
Some may think when celebrities like Katherine come forward with such problems it only glamorizes the illness and encourages dysfunction in impressionable young people. In reality, some impressionable youngsters may respond by engaging in self-destructive experimentation, but for the most part, the responses of people like Katherine McPhee provide invaluable role modeling for fans.
Though statistics show that 1 percent of young females in this...
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