Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic
Running Time: 60 minutes (approx)Dana is eight years old. She is also anorexic. This week's Cutting Edge follows Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic, to examine why younger and younger children are developing eating disorders. Dr Dee Dawson, Medical Director of the Rhodes Farm Clinic, which treats young girls with eating disorders, says: "I'm in no doubt now that the average age is falling. We are seeing more eight, nine and 10-year-olds than we have ever seen before." But how will Dana cope, away from her family, as the youngest of 20 girls with eating disorders? Still looking for more?
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i watched dana last nite and was veryp upset at wht i heard and saw the fact dana was counting her caolories 175 day and wanted to die, she has so much to live for and the fact that a girl of her age would normally be playing with babie dolls or climbing trees etc, i cried watching it thinkin of my own girl wht she was going thru and all those poor girls wht must be going thru their minds to do this to themselves why they feel so unhappy to punish themselves, i wonder as parents do we have alot to do with this as we constantly moan about our weight as we get older wanting to lose or gain a few pounds here and there do we allow our children to watch things they shouldnt on tv, like her mum said she watch all those diet series but you dont think at the time its doing any harm tht your child is going to end up with eating disorder. i have a girl who has been fighting anorexia for 7yrs now and still is, is such a disabilitatin illness it get holds of them and makes them into a person you dont know, they become secretative deceiptful and not your child anymore cos of this illness i miss my daughter very much i love her alot and i feel helpless that i cant help her as im too close she needs professional help now which is wht i cant give to her, the world i would gladly give to her to have her back with me as this person she is i dont know anymore.Do we live in such a powerful world today that it takes our children from us with such illnesses, that we have to fight to get them back to normality, that is makes us feel we are bad parents cos we cant help them like we should that peer pressuer of today are so strong
I watched Dana and thought she obviously came from a high-achieving (strict) family, but it was so sad at the end when i thought that she hadn't had a chance to talk to anyone (doctors/family) and explain what was going on for her as she was obviously still troubled, and seemed to just eat in the end because she knew she 'must' rather than really understand why, I do not believe that she could not express herself more than what they showed, and she didn't get a chance too. (The Mum thought it would just be a 'blip' to best be solved and ignored.. not that easy..).
I am 15 years old and I av anorexia and bulimia and a form of orthorexia. I watched the 8 year old anorexic and I agree with what the girls say. Some days I just wanna die and I don't think anyone would notice. I've had my Eating Disorders since I was 11 and no-one has noticed and they probably never will. I don't wanna be like everyone else but I don't want to die either. It's like there's a voice in my head that stops me from eating and when I do eat the voice tells me to throw up. I wish I was could do what other teenagers are doing like going on a date or hanging around with my friends but my days consist of me going to the gym and exercising obsessively and browsing the net for 'thinspiration'. I think tv r trying to glamourise eating disorders and been thin and when u get to a certain weight it's never good enough so you carry on losing weight. I jjust thought I'd put my opinion forward. Thanks for listening
she mad
i think this is really sad , i am doin research as part of my coursework and its on size 0... i hope to wake some people up by the documentary i make and make people believe they are not fat, they are beautiful no matter what!
I'm sure she isn't mad she must just see something different in the mirror to what we see. I know i do. My friends tell me I'm not fat but i insist I am. All girls get that feeling sometimes. It just so happens she feels that way all the time.
How are children this young socialized?, and what makes them do this to themselves?
how can the pearants do this to her they should of spoon feed her so she can at least learn wat to eat.
i feel so sorry for her i nearly started crying when i watched it in school bless her hopefully she is eating now get better soon
damn that girls is stupid 'im fat' im fat' why dont she just listen to people when they say your not fat your thin, how has that girl not been slapped yet
i want to watch this cuz i missed it.... i cant findit any where though...ny help plz?
my herat went out to dana,i'm 14 years old n is going through a rough patch with an eating disorder, i feel so alone at times, like no-one else has anorexia/bulimia,but watching dana on t.v made me relise it's not jst me whose going thru this, there r so mny otha girls out there who hav an eatin disrder,i'd 1 day luv to get my lyf bac n i'm sur n hpe dana duz 2.
my email is loui_loui@hotmail.co.uk if any1 wntz 2 gt in cntact wiv me,cuz sumtymz thtz al u wnt is sum1 whose going thru wot u r!!!
i am 16 and i hav had anorexia since i was around 6 or 7. its like an overpowering force that cant be helped so any1 that thinks we like being like this we dont!! it just happens when your a kid..... kinda like u av fever an mum givs u cuddles cos ur weak an u c that as a gud thing so u dont eat and the longer u dont eat the more likely the chemicals in ur brain will change and it becomes harder. i understand dana and wish her the best of luck in recovery im still in recovery now but at least it hasnt won me so im sure she'll get better!! xx
i am 15 and anorexic i no how she feels its not nice nd we shudnt do it i weigh 5 stone and could die if i dnt put weight on soon i hope she gets well
hey i watched dana a few weeks ago and i now exactly how she felt as imgoing throygh the same thing 4 d past 4 years! hu eva left d comment sayn she need a slap is the ones hu need a slap.. u dont no what its like 2 go thru sumtin like this especially poor dana hus only 10.. ( she will fight it) xx
Hi, my name is Michelle and I am a student at berendo middle school. I am doing a documentary about anorexic girls. I would really like to know more about you. I would like to know how hard was it going through anorexia and how hard was it or still is to recover of anorexia. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write back
hi danna i have anorexia and i weight 70 pounds i am 13 years old and i am suffering i wish would write back if u dont have time thats fine i just wanted to say hi and i am here for u
wtf!! only eight years old and she´s anorexic?! omg.. and that happens when being so thin is a fashion style, and also when we support that way of looking!!
hi iam 18 and anorexic too my heart goes out 2 u all i weigh 59 pound