Summary

UF STUDY SHOWS THAT 1/3 OF WOMEN WHO FACE ABUSE IN THEIR EARLY YEARS END UP WITH SOME FORM OF BULIMIA LATER IN LIFE

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 174004
Story Slug Bulimia - Study
Location Gainesville, FL
Format PKG W-TAG*
Date 11/19/1999
Archive Time 1:00:07
TRT 1:10
Supers Gainesville, Florida Valerie, Bulimia Suvivor Erin Easterling, Reporting Dr Daniel Perkins, UF Family Development Specialist
Video Description VALERIE SITTING; VALERIE SOT; YOUNG WOMAN EATING; PERKINS SOT; YOUNG PEOPLE, SEEN FROM NECK DOWN;
Description UF STUDY SHOWS THAT 1/3 OF WOMEN WHO FACE ABUSE IN THEIR EARLY YEARS END UP WITH SOME FORM OF BULIMIA LATER IN LIFE
Script LEAD: WATCHING OUR WAISTLINES AROUND THE HOLIDAYS ISN'T EASY BUT FOR WOMEN WITH EATING DISORDERS, THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ERIN EASTERLING REPORTS ON NEW RESEARCH TO HELP WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH BULIMIA ------------------------------TAKE PKG------------------------- VALERIE IS A STRONG, CONFIDENT WOMAN, BUT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE FOR TEN YEARS SHE BATTLED BULIMIA AFTER A CHILDHOOD FILLED WITH PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE SOT:I think bulimia really is just wanting to destroy yourself and I absolutely despised myself because my mindset at the time was what I thought I let happen when I was a child UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENED TO VALERIE IS NOT UNCOMMON A UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDY FOUND ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE WOMEN, WITH A HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ABUSE, WILL MOST LIKELY BECOME BULIMIC RESEARCHERS SAY BUILDING A SUPPORT SYSTEM CAN HELP BREAK THIS CYCLE SOT: Parents and other family members have a key role to play in terms of adolescents and dealing with their identity, making them feel comfortable with themselves And it's really about loving them for who they are and maybe not highlighting some things about their body and appearance WHILE PARENTS OFTEN PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN A DAUGHTER'S LIFE THEY CAN ALSO HAVE A STRONG NEGATIVE EFFECT U-F RESEARCHERS SAY IF PARENTS DRAW ATTENTION TO THEIR CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, IT COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR THEIR TEENAGERS TO DEAL WITH INSECURITIES -------------------------END PKG--------------------------- TAG: U-F RESEARCHERS SAY SUPPORTIVE TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES CAN ALSO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN PREVENTING ABUSED ADOLESCENT WOMEN FROM TURNING TO BULIMIA FLORIDA
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