Overpriced Designer ManbagMar 27th, 2007 - 04:55:09

oh my goodness, this is terrible. she was doing so well with her weight last year, she looked healthy! i hope she recovers quickly.

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anneMar 27th, 2007 - 05:14:19

Tell them about the Maudsley Method. Tell them to contact Dr. LeGrange at the University of Chicago or Dr. Walter Kaye at USCD. I can't post a link. This comment board won't allow it. But you can google these people and get their addresses.

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SharMar 27th, 2007 - 06:04:04

Yes this is very very sad! But why would this beautiful girl starve herself to death? FOR WHAT PURPOSE? Yes I'll admit it, I can't for the life of me understand Anorexia as it almost is non-existent in my culture. Not that WE visible minorities aren't concerned with our weight, cause I am just as the next female. But if Allegra wanted to decrease fats & carbs from her diet - there are so many many ways to do it without painfully hurting yourself or putting your life in danger? Allegra like so many privileged European girl should go to Africa & visit or live there for a year. Believe me, you will appreciate fruits & good food like never before. When you don't have it - you'll be grateful & give God thanks everyday for your blessings.

Olivia Newton John's daughter is another one who seems too focussed on her looks rather than just living. It starts at home. Donatella has always been obsessed with her weight, & Olivia has always been especially obsessed with her looks.
Both Olivia & Donatella have also had large amounts of plastic surgery. So the apple doesn't really fall far from the tree does it!!

They're celebrities/positive role models who remain slim but look healthy & normally curvy....as the human body was intended to be. Men do prefer curvier.

1) Halle Berry
2) Jessica Alba
3) Jessica Biel
4) Jennifer Lopez
5) Janet Jackson(lost tons of weight but still has meat on her bones, looks good
6) Beyonce Knowles
7) Salma Hayek
8) Drew Barrymore
9) Eva Mendes
10)Vanessa Williams/America Ferrara are just 10 great examples- for young girls to look up to.

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Dr. Travis GeeMar 27th, 2007 - 06:36:49

I'm not sure if Peggy Claude Pierre is still taking cases personally, but her Montreux method is still out there at montreux dot org.

That should be her next stop.

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TerryMar 27th, 2007 - 07:07:37

All the rich people who can afford to buy food but don't want to eat should support food programs that feed children here in the United States and the rest of the world. There are millions of kids out there who could use a decent meal.

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HelpAnaMar 27th, 2007 - 17:14:07

It is a statistical inaccuracy that represents Eating Disorders as only affecting children from white upper class families. In fact, Eating Disorders can be found across socio-economic lines and across racial/ethnic lines as well. Asian countries have seen a significant increase in Anorexic children. Sadly, it is consequently only the upper class white families that are being counted, because economically they are the families who are able to shell out the money to identify and treat their children’s disease when insurance or govt medical coverage will not payout or runs out. For every one child counted there are many more who are not.

ED's are not a choice, but a genetic marker in some individuals that gets triggered by the environment: media, starlots, playground bullying, well intentioned healthy school lunch monitoring programs... The triggers are too numerous to count. Saying that any of these triggers alone causes Anorexia is like saying these triggers cause Juvenile Arthritis. Alone, it simply does not happen.

Allegra needs medical intervention and then the loving guidance and supervision of her family to feed her and monitor all of her meals. She is in for a long haul- 6-12 months at minimum I would guess- just to begin to see small improvements in her malnourished body and mind. Amazing study during WWII shows evidence on long term affects of starvation on the human body.

Prayers to her and all ED victims.

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karenMar 27th, 2007 - 20:32:37

well, this is yet ANOTHER wake up call for the fashion industry. wouldn't it be wonderful if Donatella set the example and didn't use models that look like her daughter in her next show!

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Wondering!!!Mar 28th, 2007 - 18:39:33

Why would any girl/woman want to be stick thin?? It is so ugly. Too many people lose control over all phases of their lives - partly because they want an easy fix to everything and don't want to listen to common sense - like people gorging themselves on food and drink. Everyone seems to want to live the high life without consequences or put the blame on everything and everyone else in their lives. The information on good lifestyles is everywhere you turn, but they don't want to bother with it..........too bad.....then they and their loved ones suffer!!!!

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It Needs To Be Said!Mar 29th, 2007 - 20:11:10

Exactly....I'm wondering too???? The reason Anorexia is seen mostly as a White Person's problem & inflicted by White people into other Race's culture ie Asians is simple. The Answer:POWER & INFLUENCE! Caucasions run Hollywood(Movies TV), Pornography, Media Outlets,High-Fasion Modelling & The Beauty Industry etc. White Men sell us, tell us, broadcast their version & idea of what is Beautiful into Society...which is usually young Blonde/Bimbo-ish type of women. These women are very skinny...with child-like bodies - no buttocks, no hips, no breasts. In fact Allegra & many other women out there have bodies associated with 10 year olds which is what many of these Powerful Men in Society seem to want.(SIGH). So it goes without saying! Once young Blonde women start getting older & aging - like at 30 or 40 then White Men seem to turn their attentions to Brown & Black skin Women - because their Youthful look is still visible.

There was a time when Black Women like Halle Berry wouldn't be considered Beautiful by White Society. There was a time when Black Women's skin, full lips, high cheekbones & full features were not seen as Gorgeous but instead Ugly. Now so many White Women are obsessed with putting 'injections'in their lips to get a pouty look & tanning to get Brown? Imagine that?

So Anorexia Disease maybe infiltrating itself into other Cultures but who's fault is that? Visible Minorities don't have any 'Power' in Society and some but not much 'Influence'.Blacks,Asians,Native Indians or Hispanics never dealt with problems of not wanting to eat enough food. For centuries we were always trying to survive on the earth by figuring out many ways to get food for our families NOT throwing it away!

Sorry I have no sympathy for Allegra!! Black & Hispanic Children across North & South America, Africa & the Caribbean would love to have Allegra's rich & well educated upbringing. Instead they're buying into the European Society that 'Vomiting' & eating peanuts all day - is they WAY to live. Well as the saying goes - Anorexia doesn't equal happiness instead it makes people worse off!

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alegraMar 30th, 2007 - 01:32:01

Who cares? Just another spoiled brat with wealthy parents. Why didn't they get help for her years ago? Probably too busy making money. How pathetic.

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