The medical profession focuses heavily on the elimination of fat despite the fact that numerous studies have shown that weight-loss efforts during childhood are largely unsuccessful and can be harmful both physically and psychologically (Solovay 200, 38). ... Unfortunately reduced calorie diets often open the gateway to disordered eating. ... According to Bill Fabrey, founder of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, "Surveys reveal that children as young as the fourth grade are dieting, and are developing eating disorders. ...

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