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June 22 - June 28, 2000

Korean Centennial

Eating and body image disorders plague young Asian and Asian American women

“Weight is nothing but a number, two or three digits on a scale,” says 19-year-old Susan,* laughing bitterly. “Yeah, I wish that was all it meant. But the scale will dictate my mood for the entire day. As long as it’s 100 or below, I’m happy, but as soon as the scale tips a little over 100, I’m devastated.” She flicks her cigarette—she started smoking to help curb her appetite. At 5’5”, this young Korean woman is already dangerously slim, but she insists, “I would, I will, do anything to be thinner. Diet pills, diuretics, laxatives, enemas, binging, purging, fasting, exercising. If it’s any way to stop the scale from tipping, I’ve tried it.”

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