Charlotte Bevan, fierce advocate and activist, died at home January 13, 2014.
A mother of teenagers, wife of a farmer, parent advocate for parents of eating disorder patients, major contributor to the Around the Dinner Table forum, writer of short information films, Expert Carer for the Eating Disorders team at the Maudsley and Breast Cancer patient.
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Thursday, 3 May 2012
Bethany Wallace
Tomorrow is the funeral of Bethany Wallace. A beautiful, gifted girl who developed anorexia after getting glandular fever. Please take a moment to look at her picture and then understand why I do what I do.
Beautiful tribute Charlotte! Brings tears to this mothers heart and eyes. And well intended people who are "helping" people lose weight don't understand why I tell them it isn't okay. They don't get it why I think the word "thinspiration" is dangerous. I feel like a broken record always saying, "not only does dieting have a 98% failure rate, it can lead to deadly eating disorders." And then they say, but what about these obese people who NEED to lose weight.
I want them to see sweet Bethany's photo - maybe this will help it all make sense. Thank you Becky Henry
Beautiful tribute Charlotte! Brings tears to this mothers heart and eyes. And well intended people who are "helping" people lose weight don't understand why I tell them it isn't okay. They don't get it why I think the word "thinspiration" is dangerous. I feel like a broken record always saying, "not only does dieting have a 98% failure rate, it can lead to deadly eating disorders." And then they say, but what about these obese people who NEED to lose weight.
ReplyDeleteI want them to see sweet Bethany's photo - maybe this will help it all make sense.
Thank you
Becky Henry
Becky
ReplyDeleteYour tireless work, advocacy and real practical help make a difference to people's lives every single day. Thank you. xx