Article: Illusion Theater fights fear with exposure; Teens who know the score are helping with a play about living with eating disorders.(VARIETY)

The question comes from the small face ready for its bedtime kiss, from the department store dressing room, from the back seat of the car, from out of the blue: "Do I look fat?"

"No!" comes the answer, a bit too fast, probably sounding incredulous or dismissive, trying to hide our fear.

We sound scared because we know more about eating disorders than we used to. We know that bulimia and anorexia aren't just Barbie's legacy, or the fault of fashion, or the peril of peer pressure. We know that when a mere slip of a girl - or, increasingly, a boy - starts seeing a bloated geek in the mirror, the problem is not about appearance, but about a need to control, ...

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