What do you see in this
picture? It is a Calvin Klein ad; for what I am
not sure. What I see when I look at it is an advertisement of a
deadly disease whose number of victims is rapidly growing. The
image portrays people who are the idols of our youth. Yes, these
young people depict the "ideal" body. Despite the fact
that the greatest majority of us could never attain these
physiques, many, especially young women, deeply desire to have
bodies like these. And many will go to all lengths to attain
their goal. This often means stringent, unhealthy diets, laxative
abuse, and even forcing themselves to vomit. Although society's
portrayal of the "perfect body" may not be the soul
source of eating disorders, I feel they play a big part. But this
page was not created to place blame. I created this page to
provide you, the victims, families and friends of people with
eating disorders, information about what they are, what may cause
them, and how to get support and help.