Last year my roommates and I all made it a point to watch a documentary together on HBO called "Thin." The film followed a group of girls (from adolescents to adults) with eating disorders who were living under the strict rules of a rehabilitation facility. As relieving as it was to see these beyond sick girls getting help, we were more than disappointed at the end when the show revealed most of the girls had relapsted after getting out. Turns out, insurance only pays for the patients' to stay in a certain amount of time, which was far less than the girls needed who had been battling the dieases of anorexia and bulemia their entire lives.
For Eating Disorder Awareness Week, the creator of the documentary and a related book called "Girl Culture" will be in Boston this week. A Harvard graduate, Lauren Greenfield will be part of a free event that happens tomorrow night at the Brattle Theatre, where the documentary will be shown with questions for Lauren to follow.
The documentary was eye-opening, and it's definitely worth learning about the disease/lifestyle that is effecting our cousins, friends and maybe even ourselves.
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