While the size zero debate/debacle continues to rage across the fashion world and into people’s consciousness, ordinary people with eating disorders are being increasingly forgotten by the mainstream media. It seems that unless you’re horribly obese or size zero and below, you don’t have a problem, or at least not one worth recognising.

Every body image-related worry that the average person feels is put down to what is being projected in the magazines and on the catwalk, if those silly fashion models weren’t so skinny, you’d obviously be a happy and well-rounded individual. This generalisation is both patronising to the individual, making them feel like their main problem is that they are too susceptible to advertising and models, and ignorant to the real problems behind a lot of eating disorders.

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