Sunday, June 7, 2009

"Pregorexia"

This disgusts me.

Extreme dieting while pregnant poses dire health problems for child and mother

PREGNANT with her first child but terrified about piling on weight, a 30-year-old housewife in Singapore became obsessed with dieting and exercise.


Nicole Ritchie, seen here being insane


The former marathon runner ran several kilometres every day even into her last trimester.

But Beth (not her real name) paid the price for her obsession - her baby was born premature and had health problems.

She's not alone. There's now a term to describe the trend of pregnant women with eating disorders - pregorexia.

Pregorexics, as the women are referred to, go to such extremes in their quest to remain trim that they put their baby's health in jeopardy.


I was born premature, my bone development is 2 years behind what it should be. This is another formula being pushed to turn humans into skinny weaklings like me so we cannot fight for our lives and will be dependent on the system to support us until we die.

No comments: