Addiction Quote by Thomas Szasz

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices.

— Demi Lovato

“The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and in seeking…

— Lesley Kinzel

Yes, I talk about eating disorders and you know, excessive dieting and excessive exercising can be a sign of a mental illness... but when…

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

• Eating disorders are addictions. You become addicted to a number of their effects. The two most basic and important: the pure adrenaline that…

— Marya Hornbacher

Anorexia is not an illness of the body; it is an illness of the mind.

— Lynn Crilly

Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And…

— Tracey Gold

If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on the psychiatric…

— Craig Johnson

Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.

— Aimee Liu

Eating disorders can be extremely isolating, they can tear you away from your family and your friends and make you feel really ashamed of…

— Zara McDermott

Anorexia is a disease that happens to people, mostly women and girls, who have obsessive, perfectionist personalities.

— Crystal Renn

“Eating disorders are insidious and subtly manipulative. The behaviors that initially feel like relief are the same ones that will eventually ruin you.”

— Brittany Burgunder

Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.

— Cyril Connolly