I found this report on a study done on the called effects controlling fathers may have on their daughter possibly having an eating disorder.

Apart from there being no mention of the daughters mother being of any blame to why their daughter maybe anorexic, I know several young women who’s mothers still say to them, "your too fat" or "You don't need to eat that"...

What about the media?!? The pressure on young girls to look like the celebrities in the magazines, movies and on stage singing is huge its what is made out to be beautiful, if your skinny too you'll fit into the celebrity life style...

A father's relationship with his daughter may influence whether or not she will develop an eating disorder, researchers from Australia have found.

Girls whose fathers exerted tight control over them were more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, while low levels of paternal care increased the risk of both anorexia and bulimia nervosa, but to a lesser degree, Dr Tracey D. Wade of Flinders University in Adelaide and colleagues found.

On the other hand, high parental expectations, usually thought of as a risk factor for anorexia, actually weren't related to the eating disorder in the researchers' analysis. However, they found, such expectations did predispose girls to developing bulimia.

These findings are reported in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Read More...

Serious! What a load of BS if one of my daughters where to starve themselves sick, I would become controlling just to get her to eat something, if one of my girls got like that it may have more to with peer pressure and the media image of what is concidered the best look to be famous and popular.

What could be done about it?
Heres something, tell your little girl that she is beautiful every chance you get and it has nothing to do with wanting to look like a twig, tell her she is perfect just the way she is.

- Eric

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