A friend of mine was dating this guy and one night in the bar she overheard him saying that she had a fat ass(which she didn’t!) and from that night on she stopped eating and ended up losing so much weight that she had to go into a dietary unit in a local hospital to save her life! Never say anything about anyone because nobody is perfect! Px

I remember when I was about 23 years old. My husband started having an affair with my best friend. I would come home from work and there she would be " washing, she would barrow my washing machine to wash her cloths. I felt so totally out lacking in control that I decided to lose weight because I could control my eating. I got down to 99lbs 5ft4in. tall. I finally felt like I had some control over what was happening. Anyway I looked in the mirror one day and said enough. I got a divorce and started eating again. I'm now 70 and have never remarried.

The problem isn’t that we want Eugenia banned so that she can get help as much as we would like her to stop influencing younger girls to be anoxeric!

Thank you for covering Eugenia Cooney on this list. She is a real danger to herself and to anyone who looks up to her.

Eugenia isn’t in recovery. She said in a livestream last week she will never be the person she was 10 years ago. She doesn’t want help.

Sadess by far was Karen Carpenter. That glorious voice taken from us way to soon. I wish she could have thrived from those who loved her, but she looked in the mirror and couldn't see her beauty at all. Her music still saddens me, while bringing me joy. RIP beautiful soul.❤

I feel the need to clarify something. In the medical world, anorexia refers to a person who is uncommonly thin, regardless of the cause. For example, the people profiled here who have conditions that don't allow their bodies to store fat, are anorexic because they are extremely thin. Anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder that is the cause of a persons extreme thinness, such as in the case of Karen Carpenter and some of the others in this video. I don't think anyone with dwarfism belongs on this list unless they are also extremely underweight for their size.

The most horrifying part of these stories was the fact a few of them became models. Now that is troubling.

Eating disorders are so much more than wanting to be thin , it's extremely difficult to recover from them .

Why hide Lizzy's blind eye ?!! Lizzy is the most amazing woman and human being who has a condition through fault of her own and despite it, she is an inspiration to watch and listen to and to take life advice from. Who ever covered her blind eye in the video, don't ! She makes no attempt to cover her eye, neither should anyone else.

*KAREN* *CARPENTER.* Your research is off, you got her case soooo wrong. She spent her life trying to gain her mother's love; her mother was an evil woman who hated her daughter, loving only her precious son Richard. Karen was an exceptional vocal talent while her brother, though talented, was just average so following an audition a studio wanted Karen only but her enraged mother refused unless they signed Richard as well, it was either both or neither, so they signed "The Carpenters". Karen never attained her mother's love no matter how successful she became, no matter how hard she tried. Compound that with the fact that Karen was not attractive in a clasical sense and some reporters and journalists were cruel, one even printed that Karen Carpenter had "teeth like tombstones". Such comments caused KC a great deal of stress, self doubt and low self esteem. Her anorexia was born of the pain caused her a press critical of her looks but mostly by an evil unloving mother who never ever accepted her no matter what she did. Following her death her brother never really succeeded as an independent artist; he was absolutely nothing without his sister's amazing voice. I wouldn't be surprised if Mommy blamed her dead daughter for that too. Karen Carpenter's fans still love and miss her, and will never forget her.

The worst part of women who deform their bones with corsets is that at a certain point they _need_ to keep wearing it just to support their upper half. Their bones are so misshapen and their muscles are so altered that the corset becomes a brace.

I really admire the determination of Tom Staniford (first guy), who inherited a rare and terrible condition.... Kudos to you Tom , you're a brave and remarkable dude!!!!!

In my twenties I got into modelling. I am naturally slim, and I have a high metabolism, but I have round buttocks. I was told to "lose weight, otherwise I could be modelling for "fat" people". My first thought, "No way in hell am I going to go on a diet!" The modelling stint didn't last ;-) My heart breaks for these people, especially the ones who ended up with a life of suffering because of callous comments or even a callous, abusive mother, like in one case ...

Well that Romanian lass didn't look that skinny or that shape in that wedding photo, there's no way she's that shape naturally She's either had ribs removed or she's used corset's for a long time, she may be naturally slim but the drastic hour glass waist isn't

My Mom had a doctor years ago tell her she was fat at 95 lbs. That doctor didn't know Momma had been big before she went to nursing school. My Dad and I begged her for years to get over 100. She would then another doctor would make a comment about her size. It wasn't the reason she died in 2022 but her malnutrition played a big role. She was in the hospital to get a feeding tube because of her severe gastro paralysis and acid reflux. Her gastro doctor kept trying to force her to eat and she aspirated which led to pneumonia. That's what's killed her.

i was super thin in my 20's due to a chronic bowel condition caused by spinal injury.. people were very rude and cruel to me because i looked thin...especially" bigger" ppl who assumed i was anorexic...also, later in life my doctor kindly applied for a disability sticker for me (because of the spinal injury and other conditions) as he was concerned about me trying to walk too far to get into stores. A few times when i used the ticket i was screamed at by able bodied ppl who assumed i didnt have the right to use the disability parking. You shouldn't assume ANYTHING...and check to see if the person u are about to attack has an up to date disability ticket on the car, before u start shouting off your mouth. Just because we look "ok" to u doesn't mean we are.

I'm only 5ft 4in & when I was in high school (an all girls school), the popular girls started saying both I & a friend (a bit shorter than me) were fat. This lead to the 2 us "dieting", we would compete on a daily basis to see who could eat the least food. We both eventually landed up anorexic. I was just lucky that my mother picked up on this & threatened to have me admitted to hospital & force feed via tubes. I have a weird fear of tubes being inserted into my throat (she didn't know this), so in order to avoid this I started eating again a little at a time. It took me decades to be able to eat properly & even now I cannot eat a standard burger & chips it's just too much food at one time. I still am worried about my weight, but am a healthy weight thanks to my husband who banned us from owning a scale. I'm the lucky one. My friend went on to battle with anorexia for decades. Unfortunately, we lost touch over time, so I'm not sure how her story ended. All of this due to bit**y comments.

I truly hope you understand that this is a disease not just a sick mind. I suffered for over 30 yrs. Its about Control. Also many eating disorders are because of sexual abuse like myself. Today weigh 145 and struggle everyday with how I think I look in the mirror. Sorry to expel my stuff , just needed to say something

Just remember, anorexia isn't about the weight los it's about control having over that 1 thing.

That’s all it takes. One off the cuff remark. I will never forget the day Karen Carpenter died. A once beautiful, healthy, very successful woman with an angel’s voice was told she looked chubby and that was it. She fell straight into the hell that is anorexia. I still miss her perfect pitch voice and feel sad for the kind of life she might have had. God Bless, Karen. 🦋

I followed Eugenia Cooney that I recently discovered through KZfaq videos. Sadly, her fans have called 911, tried interventions for her to go to rehab (which supposedly she did go, but relapsed). Her mother is the one to blame for keeping her in her room and not doing anything to save her dying daughter. Of course Eugenia is on denial and when asked to please take care of herself, she denies and says she's ok. It's sad that we are watching her drifting away and we feel powerless. Her mom is the one taking so many videos of Eugenia. The mom herself is on denial! People on internet are either trolling her, bullying her or want to copy her. This is such a tragedy.

I worked with an anorexic woman when were were in our 20's. We went to a holiday party and took pics. When she looked at them, she was disgusted at "how fat" she looked. Here I am looking at a skeleton and she's still convinced she was fat. She passed away at age 31. So sad that some people refuse to accept the way they are and go thru extreme measures to fit into their definition of beauty.

I think it's important too for elementary school teachers to not share too much about dieting. There is still so much "watch what you eat." My autistic son was very impressionable, and early on he picked up his teacher's habit of worrying about her weight so he worried about his weight, and he was tiny! He was in the 7 percentile (lowest weight for his age), and it took a lot of talking about what good health and healthy habits are in order for him to understand that trying not to eat was not a goal for everyone.

I feel so bad for most of these people. It's so sad! It's also sad the way some of them got there, by being body shamed. People need to be encouraging. Build up! Don't tear down!

The Thinnest women I ever met stood at 5 feet 8 inches and told me she weighed 72 pounds. I met her at a cafeteria in a hospital. She wasn't eating. She was reading and had a bottle of water. The cafeteria was quite full so I asked her if I could sit at her table. One of my arms was in a cast and I tried taking a straw out of the paper package. I asked if she wouldn't mind to help me and she complied and began a conversation with me. During our conversation she asked me if I thought she was pretty. I mentioned her cheeks were 'a bit hollow' but I added, that's probably her make-up. She told me she only had eye makeup on. I saw she was thin even while seated. She was easily 30 years my junior. I joked with her that she would stand out in certain parts of Africa I had visited in my life. When asked why, I told her that in some of the countries there the heavier you were, the more beautiful you were considered. She asked my opinion of what her body looked like and stood up, twirled around and sat back down. She was very, very thin. She asked me for a honest answer. I told her she could stand to gain a few pounds. (this was the JLo era). She asked me if I didn't think women with tiny waists were sexy. I came back with,........but that's for hour glass figures. [That was the most polite way of telling her about T&A]. She came back and told me she was trying to lose another 5 pounds because she thought she was 'still fat'. I was considerate of her mental issue and suggested that she should try to get an agent for modelling opportunities. My thought at the time was that her agent would either tell her she was too thin or that no modelling company would take her because of her thinness. Hopefully, she would try to gain weight. Never saw her again after that brief encounter

I fell ill after a botched surgery and spent 8 months in the hospital. I lost over 130 pounds (was 230 to start). I ended up on a feeding tube for 3 years and was extremely malnourished. I was diagnosed as failure to thrive as I couldn't even swallow my own saliva. My esophagus atrophied and had to be rebuilt and I had a total gastrectomy w/ partial intestines removed. I lost my hair, all my perfect cavity free teeth began to crumble like chalk and were removed. I've had 33 surgeries in the past 8 years but currently at a healthy weight and can actually eat some food now although I struggle with severe PTSD, age regression and anxiety. I rarely go in public and with over $3+million in medical, losing my home, my flight attendant career, life savings and literally my smile (need $40k for reconstruction surgery). I was 40 when all this started and given a 10 year life expectancy (at the time), I just turned 49 and plan on living a very long life. I am blown away that almost all these women and men still have their teeth since that was one of the first things I lost. I get judged because of not having teeth and my appearance people automatically assume drugs which I have never touched.

Where were the child services when this abuse was going on? Px

I worked with a woman who was very thin and people would share their opinions on how she looked and why it was bad. After a day spent shopping we got pizza delivered, I watched her eat an entire large pizza by herself. The thing people don't understand is that anorexia is about having complete control over eating because some other part of your life is out of your control.

What amazes me being so thin does not seem to affect their hair, one would think their hair would start to fall out.

Karen carpenter actually became anorexic due to whichever record producer it was that told her she was fat on camera and that led to her devloping the condition

Lizzie is an absolute amazing person!

This a great topic to bring up the importance self love. Children need to learn about human behavior and they have had many experiments on what makes humans do what they do. 1. Only do your very best and never expect more than that from yourself. 2. Love yourself and your uniqueness. 3. Remember that anyone that says things that tries to erode your self esteem doesn't do it for your good. Then disregard anything they say about you. 4. Don't take authentic positive critique as an attack on you or an insult. There can be someone that has more experience than you and can give you pointers to help you get to another level, but not to harm you physically or mentally. That is to help you improve and grow in your talent and interest, or job. You just need to have the confidence in yourself and the experience to see the differences between insults and constructive criticisms. The one issue with this topic on this presentation I have is they blame what others say to you. Nonsense! Life is tough for everyone that lives. No one is unique to embarrassment, pain, suffering, lose, etc. Blaming others is the wrong way to think about things. You need to learn to handle situations that come up and develop a non-emotional and logical way of looking at a situation. Media conditions the public to emotionalize everything and that removes the most important part of your brain: LOGIC! So practice to not be so emotional and even watching movies, take notes, think about the direction, writers, and what are they trying to get you to believe? Is it logical or the correct way to think about something? What is your valued opinion? Your ideas are important too and maybe even more so than the writers of the movie. What is in the background that is subliminal to your brain that you did not even notice? YOU ARE IMPORTANT AND HAVE BRILLIANT AND IMPORTANT IDEAS! LEARN TO EXPRESS THEM AND NOT PARROT WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD BUT THINK DEEPLY AND ALONE ON WHAT YOU VALUE AND THINK IS CORRECT.

A lot of different things can start someone being anorexic. I had anorexia athletica an obsessive compulsion to over exercise. I lost 30kg in 3 month's and maintained that weight loss for 10 years plus. Anorexia is about control, when there is other things in your life that you cannot control. You control what you put into your mouth. While some of the people on this list, have a genetic condition. But for others it is all about control.

Some pepole are just thin no matter what they eat and some have medical conditions and some starve themselves it so sad and not healthy 😢

My ex-husband was so skinny that people thought he had AIDS or cancer. He simply couldn't gain weight. He was 5'6 & weighed roughly 120 lbs. I always thought he would be anorexic, but he did eat, so.

I've grown fond of your crabby cherry character..! It's beyond cute and reminds me of people that I know who continually growl with irritation (but who I love anyway).

I want to point out that eating disorders are often times part of mental illness.

This video makes me feel a little less bad about the extra ten pounds I'm carrying around.

As someone who trained heavily in ballet and other dance throughout my life, you either have the right body for ballet or you don't; you can't diet your way into differently-shaped bones, for example, and a big thing with the ideal ballet body has to do with the skeleton. I was told i was too big for professional ballet, and while that really broke my heart, I kinda already knew it. I didn't do anything to change my body, however, because I was already thin/lean and didn't want to get any smaller. But "big" in the ballet world is anything above about 5' tall and 100#, because the male dancers have to be able to easily pick you up and throw you around.

I would urge people to read the book about the life and death of Karen Carpenter, which she cowrote until her death. She had anorexia and actually recovered from it. Sadly, her subsequent weight gain was too much on her heart and she died of a heart attack while enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with her parents.

At 2.36, no living humans in the picture. But hey, animating this tomato can impaire your mental abilities!

To me, all the stories were terrible and sad. I became anorexic in my late teens and early 20s. It took me many years to see it and admit that I was sick. However, I could no longer eat normally. My mother cooked my favorite dishes and I sat at the table, crying quietly to myself and unable to eat. Until one Sunday I couldn't get up or walk. The emergency doctor came late that day, looked at me and shook his head. (I remember it like it was yesterday!) I heard him talking to my boyfriend at the time, but nothing resonated with me. However, the moment he pulled back the blanket and I saw my thin legs (the legs consisted almost entirely of skin and bones) I knew I would die if I didn't finally fight it. I *fought* this and I *did* do it!!! But it took many, many years. Since then I have also been eating foods that I DON'T like but that are healthy. I NEVER want to be in such a terrible situation again. THANK GOD 🙏🏼 I didn't suffer any permanent damage. WHOEVER wants to go on a diet, start with putting the chocolate away and not the meal that is healthy. Do some exercises and stop eating after 6:00 pm. If you feel hungry don't start stuffing yourself but drink a glass full of water - no juice or coke etc. If you like to have some chocolate, get the dark chocolate with 70% and more. They're so many things we can do... ...and ONE MORE thing we can do *DON'T LISTEN TO STUPID IDIOTS. AS LONG AS WE ARE HEALTHY AND FEEL GOOD - WE ARE PERFECT !!!*

Karen Carpenter did die from heart failure brought about by not only anorexia but also a chronic addiction to prescription drugs.

Jeremy Gillitzer, looked like a model before getting the eating disorders. 13:45

Anorexia is a mental health issue. Not about not wanting to eat.

I love your sense of humor! It makes the message so much more impactful ;- )

I remember working in an Nursing home in the late 1980s there was a woman whom was beautiful but in an Coma because of this condition so many tube to feed her, the husband said she be upset if she wake up and see she gain 5 pounds and her friend that came to visit was like wow she getting fat this poor woman in her bed NEVER woke up. As l look at her friend l pray she did not die from that condition EITHER. Oh year old HUBBY bought a girlfriend once to visit his wife so uncool.

Two sisters from South America, I think, were models and both died of anorexia. Truly maddening is that the younger sister watched need big sister wither away and died only to repeat the tragedy.

😊 I WAS BOTH AMAZED AND 😢HORRIFIED BY THE CASES YOU PRESENTED. 🎉

Thanks to bring up this subject! I didn’t know that even with better eating habit after being so bony, that the body can’t return to the normal metabolism.

Saddened and horrified at the same time. PIP to all those in the world who have died from this terrible disease.

These poor souls, they were dealt a bad hand with health issues .

Karen Carpenter also had a mother who treated her horribly, complained that she was too heavy, but doted on her brother Richard.

My family would call me tubo.. so I just became an introvert and shut myself in.

She had ribs removed

I'm naturally skinny (5'5" height, 109lbs). I can eat whatever I want though I tend to eat healthy by nature. My doctors even encourage a 3,500 calorie a day diet. I don't understand how anyone can starve themself. It's unhealthy and looks awful. I got stressed during my divorce and dropped to 98; it was terrible.

To corsets, most people that did wear corsets in the old days had ways to fake their tiny waste. They used all kinds of things, like hipcovers to make the hips look wider. (You can find Bernadette Banner for that). I thank you for making this video the way you do. It has become a very educational video for all kinds of people. I have shared it.

One time years ago, my narcissistic mother made a negative comment about my weight. I don't recall what it was; I only recall that later, she gave me one of the only apologies she's ever given to me in my life. Her apology? "I'm sorry I said that earlier. I realized that if I were fat, that would hurt my feelings!" Gee, thanks mom. :p You can't control what other people do or say, only how you respond; don't let someone else's demons rule your life. (I'm talking to you, Eugenia.)

So very sad. Despite whatever physic a person has, there are always people out there that dwell on negative comments. Devastating comments that alter others. It is so much easier to emphasize the positive.

My brother has that condition where he could eat anything and he won't gain weight he is at 115 lbs at 6 ft 1 in and if he eats fast food he loses weight and he's been like that all his life and he's 44 years old and till this day he still is nothing but skin and bones. I am so jealous because I have a thyroid condition and I gain weight by looking at food and I have to take special medication for it which is hard to get because there's only one company in the whole USA that manufactures it.

❤🎉God bless and Thank you very much for yours important programs

You, who is speaking in this video, you have a fantastic voice and express very good. ❤

I would like to donate my fat to help these people. I believe I could help at least 20 of them.

This documentary is as sick as the poor sick people suffering of anorexia .

My sister died of anorexia/bulaemia. She tried to get over it but she had damaged her organs and died when she was 40. I still miss her.

It's a mental health issue, and it's alot about the people wanting control to the extreme.

Sad sad sad.

Breaks my heart , all of those that have died.

You totally missed people with muscular dystrophy.

Jokes on you, I identify as a centipede

The 2nd one is totally fake. Come on now!

Last year I got ill and struggled to eat. Eventually the doctors found out it was my gall bladder but there was a long waiting list for treatment. Although I never felt thin people started to comment and when I had some blood tests and the doctors told me I was malnurished and might die.

I was the combo anorexic & bulemic as a teen. Thankfully the Army kicked that out of me. Because of doing that to myself during growing years I now have to fight to keep my body from overcompensating and holding all the fat it can.

When you have friends like that, who needs enemies?

For over 13 years I weight about 24,7kg. I just stopped eating because among other things I was convinced that I don't deserve food.

This is scary and i fill sorry for those who are fost to lose weight. Don't let people abuse God created us in a different way aa long you are healthy. Thanks for sharing ❤ from South Africa.

I do not have/nor have I ever had anorexia. But my whole idea about how I look came from a comment a couple of guys made when I was a teenager; a blind date who described me from behind as “a Mack truck” and a guy who told my friends he would take me out, but I had “fat potential”. I weighed 93 lbs and was 5’ tall!! How did those couple of comments take control of my identity?!!

8:23 _"And in Romania, it's actually better to be a fatty, because it shows your wealth and status."_ ...what?! People, Romania is in the top 25-30% *richest countries in the world* by GDP/capita and this lady became famous around 2010-2011, when Romania was already a member of the *European Union.* You are making it sound like a starving nation, what are you talking about? *I live* in Romania & growing up in the 90s and 2000s, I assure you *everybody* wanted to be thin, and later thin & toned, especially in the summer and especially women. Not to mention that her name is *Ioana* (ioana) Spangenberg, not Loana (or Lana, like you wrote in the chapters) and she's moved to Germany since 2006. Who the heck writes these scripts?! *Massive* dislike from me.👎 Edit: From what I see, this was the *only* country mentioned in the entire video. This just feels gross.

I just felt a profound sense of sorrow for those shown here with eating disorders.

Actually Valerie Levon was abandoned. Her local hospital refused to help her over the refeeding syndrome and there were very long lines in European ED clinic. Hence she was killed by refeeding syndrome in incompetent hospital, which was not able to co-operate. Her tolerance for insulin had gone deadly low so she died in her sleep from hypoglycemia after eating high cab meal.

Some of the people reminded me of the victims of Linda Hazard who was supposed to be curing people, but her only treatment was to starve the women to be point of anarexia .

We've made some tiny progress in the modelling community. After the tragic death of 2 model sisters (due to self-induced anorexia)... many top designers vowed to never hire anymore size '0' models ever again. Not good enough in my opinion.....(but it's a start!)

Pretty sure Eugenia Cooney is the thinnest in the world right now

I struggled with anorexia a few years. It was terrible

19:23 Isabelle Caro segment, you start and also intersperse an Australian woman named Amy Uebergang and not Isabelle. In the beginning, you see a woman and a man walking together, that's Amy and her father. All of Uebergang's parts in this were from 60 Minutes Australia.

My nephew is more than 6'4" tall but weighs around 50kgs. He simply doesnt enjoy food and often forgets to eat.

On karen Carpenter, she didnt just have problems with her touring. She had a problem with her brother. That was a big issue of why she ended up the way she did.

So sad to see the people dealing with anorexia it is terrible when people make fun of others who have a weight issue. You shouldn't do that to others.

I remember from 12 to 15 or 16 i was having real issues getting something to eat in my mouth. I mean, i was raised in what is called a normal family... we didn't have so many problems with me growing up. I dont even remember what triggered this but i was having a hard time eating and i was always screamed at and punished for not eating.... then i found out something that worked i still do to this day and i am almost 35 with 2 kids and i weight around 53kg. I started to push myself into feeling the flavor of food i was eating and everytime before eating, i would drink a big glass of water, that gives me the feeling that i need to be able to actually swallow some food. I am healthy and doing fine now, but i cannot forget how hard was for me to start somewhere while noone was giving me any advice but scream and punish. Not many have the support they need, be always kind and smile to people, because as well as bad words, kindness and smile can build a person up to be their best. Sadly, we live in a world where we do need the people to be their best and not only give their best. Love from Germany!❤

i read that even in the Miss America pageant..they found most of them were malnourished.. wow....I was taught to be happy with my body..but i felt its other people who seem to judge people's weight..and puts pressure on people to lose weight

It's terrible what's happening in our world today 😢

Lizzie is a fighter, good for her. Had no idea she has to consume so many calories per day.

good video what i liked best were the cartoon characters in between

I feel very sorry for these people as I’m going through it myself I weigh 7 stone and I’m drinking ensure milkshake vitamin drinks and have been for 3 months I’m putting on weight slowly but it takes time I hope and pray these people can overcome this before it’s to late. Love 💖 from London uk 🇬🇧. 👼👍🏻🙏

I had a nabour named Patricia Frasier who was 5"1 and only weighing at 47bls when she passed away. The emt took her out of her house with one hand in a sheet. Was so sad🥺😢

TY. I was anorexic for 5 or so years and I can tell you it is hell, and guilt and shame. Never again.

"Swept up like a kite in the gentlest of breezes" - lol.

This made me so uncomfortable that I couldn't even watch it through number 19. My prayers go out to all of these folks.

Simpel, ppl are mean if you havent got the perfect body, this starts if your still a kid ❤