The narrow view of who is affected by this illness affects families deeply because the illness is very isolating. Caring for your child and the level of focus that takes means that families are often quite practically isolated during the care period. Also, it's isolating in that if you fall into one of the groups that you've mentioned, the understanding isn't there. The awareness isn't there. So you are educating as you are caring for your child. The burden of that is quite onerous. I think that public awareness that shifts how the public understands eating disorders is helpful.
On March 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.