Eating Disorders Blog

Anyone who still clings to the mistaken belief that eating disorders only affect adolescents and teenagers would be advised to read Krista Ramsey's March 7 Cincinnati Enquirer about the lifelong struggle of Michelle Trotta:

For 30 years, Trotta has battled various eating disorders in tortured pursuit of the size nothing.

The 48-year-old mother and grandmother has starved and binged, over-exercised and vomited compulsively and, as she says, worked hard to appear normal through it all.

"I've lost three-fourths of my teeth. I've fractured my tailbone three times. I have crutches in my house, and I don't think there's a day where I don't have some kind of pain," says Trotta, an Oakley resident and administrator in her family's child-care business.

"But it still doesn't stop me."

Ramsey's article notes that mental health experts report having seen an increase in cases of eating disorders among adult women.

Labels: middle aged women, adults

Posted By: Aspen/CRC