Dana is eight years old and anorexic. Cutting Edge follows Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic, to examine why younger and younger children are developing eating disorders.
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August 6, 2011 at 5:42 pm | Ainomaria Korhonen
This is so disturbing. It’s worrying that modern society puts so much pressure on CHILDREN to look ‘perfect’ or thin beyond a healthy level…
August 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm | chrisgolfs2007
No,this isnt modern society that is putting the pressure on them. Modern society does not control the media these children are exposed to. Parents need to stop and look who own the magazines,the tv stations, Hollywood, news papers……..everything MASS media is controlled by Jews. They are the ones who dispense this depravity,moral decay, and sexual images to younger and younger children. It is not an accident…..There is an attack on anything good and descent. There is a massive struggle to push third world immigrants into Western Europe and America…..DIVIDE AND CONQUER……..Christianity is under relentless assault…..Who is doing this…well…it is history repeating itself,over and over and over again…JEWS RUN THE MEDIAHOLLYWOOD,MAGAZINES,the ADL is the at the forefront of Christianity’s attack,and the border erasing
August 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm | chrisgolfs2007
No,this isnt modern society that is putting the pressure on them. Modern society does not control the media these children are exposed to. Parents need to stop and look who own the magazines,the tv stations, Hollywood, news papers……..everything MASS media is controlled by Jews. They are the ones who dispense this depravity,moral decay, and sexual images to younger and younger children. It is not an accident…..There is an attack on anything good and descent. There is a massive struggle to push third world immigrants into Western Europe and America…..DIVIDE AND CONQUER……..Christianity is under relentless assault…..Who is doing this…well…it is history repeating itself,over and over and over again…JEWS RUN THE MEDIAHOLLYWOOD,MAGAZINES,the ADL is the at the forefront of Christianity’s attack,and the border erasing
August 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm | chrisgolfs2007
No,this isnt modern society that is putting the pressure on them. Modern society does not control the media these children are exposed to. Parents need to stop and look who own the magazines,the tv stations, Hollywood, news papers……..everything MASS media is controlled by Jews. They are the ones who dispense this depravity,moral decay, and sexual images to younger and younger children. It is not an accident…..There is an attack on anything good and descent. There is a massive struggle to push third world immigrants into Western Europe and America…..DIVIDE AND CONQUER……..Christianity is under relentless assault…..Who is doing this…well…it is history repeating itself,over and over and over again…JEWS RUN THE MEDIAHOLLYWOOD,MAGAZINES,the ADL is the at the forefront of Christianity’s attack,and the border erasing
August 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm | chrisgolfs2007
No,this isnt modern society that is putting the pressure on them. Modern society does not control the media these children are exposed to. Parents need to stop and look who own the magazines,the tv stations, Hollywood, news papers……..everything MASS media is controlled by Jews. They are the ones who dispense this depravity,moral decay, and sexual images to younger and younger children. It is not an accident…..There is an attack on anything good and descent. There is a massive struggle to push third world immigrants into Western Europe and America…..DIVIDE AND CONQUER……..Christianity is under relentless assault…..Who is doing this…well…it is history repeating itself,over and over and over again…JEWS RUN THE MEDIAHOLLYWOOD,MAGAZINES,the ADL is the at the forefront of Christianity’s attack,and the border erasing
August 8, 2011 at 12:59 am | waltz#2
Jews are now causing anorexia?
Listen to yourself. I’ve heard a lot of anti-semetic nonsense in my life, but that is just breathtakingly idiotic.
August 8, 2011 at 12:59 am | waltz#2
Jews are now causing anorexia?
Listen to yourself. I’ve heard a lot of anti-semetic nonsense in my life, but that is just breathtakingly idiotic.
August 8, 2011 at 12:59 am | waltz#2
Jews are now causing anorexia?
Listen to yourself. I’ve heard a lot of anti-semetic nonsense in my life, but that is just breathtakingly idiotic.
November 27, 2011 at 2:22 am | Guest
Modern society isn’t what made Dana do this or what makes any anorexic girl starve themselves. I have anorexia and I don’t starve myself just because I want to look like models that’s the least reason I do it. I do it because I want to look good and because it feels like I can have a grasp of something and with this with starving myself I have control over something in my life.
August 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm | I lol'd
I can only laugh at them, they are so ultra stupid, it’s like comedy. But their parents should all be castrated of course, for making children that dumb.
August 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm | I lol'd
I can only laugh at them, they are so ultra stupid, it’s like comedy. But their parents should all be castrated of course, for making children that dumb.
August 7, 2011 at 6:04 am | sar
you’re joking… right?
August 6, 2011 at 8:25 pm | I lol'd
Srsly, she’s 8, paints her face like a prostitute, wears jewelry and even a sub slut collar! And then Mom asks her daughter if she’s really gonna eat the whole piece of pie, maybe she should leave a little. While on a break from the anorexia clinic. lol.Close down those clinics and let evolution run its course, more stupid people really don’t help humanity at all..
August 7, 2011 at 11:08 pm | dav
Firstly, many girls wear makeup, and its totally normal for girls to do so. Many girls also wear jewelry and that is also completely normal. I’m a 33 year old male, and sometimes I even struggle finishing off pudding, especially if its a rich slab of cake AND ice cream, after having eaten a FULL MAIN COURSE already – its sometimes simply too much too eat.. so she did great to eat all that! I think this girl has shown great strength to come so far, and she was looking much healthier at the end of the 12 weeks. Maybe evolution should run its course then, and stupid people like you will hopefully fade away…
August 7, 2011 at 11:08 pm | dav
Firstly, many girls wear makeup, and its totally normal for girls to do so. Many girls also wear jewelry and that is also completely normal. I’m a 33 year old male, and sometimes I even struggle finishing off pudding, especially if its a rich slab of cake AND ice cream, after having eaten a FULL MAIN COURSE already – its sometimes simply too much too eat.. so she did great to eat all that! I think this girl has shown great strength to come so far, and she was looking much healthier at the end of the 12 weeks. Maybe evolution should run its course then, and stupid people like you will hopefully fade away…
August 8, 2011 at 2:05 am | Tamryn Louise
I don’t really
have any strong feelings on anyone’s opinion here but I do think it’s
fully inappropriate for an 8 year old to wear make-up and
teenage jewellery. I think it’s rather indicative that her parents
are not rearing her properly. This is the result of passively letting
children grow up before their age and now they are suffering the consequences.
August 8, 2011 at 2:05 am | Tamryn Louise
I don’t really
have any strong feelings on anyone’s opinion here but I do think it’s
fully inappropriate for an 8 year old to wear make-up and
teenage jewellery. I think it’s rather indicative that her parents
are not rearing her properly. This is the result of passively letting
children grow up before their age and now they are suffering the consequences.
August 27, 2011 at 3:18 am | T J
I agree that it shows that she has been allowed to be exposed to way more than she should have, and where is the reaffirming that she is beautiful just the way she is, parents need to do this before the child starts to doubt themselves.
I know I am being really critical and I hope none of my children ever suffer from it, but she is the product of over exposure!
I am sure she feels unattractive, but not just to herself but to boys..
I know I thought of boys at her age BUT in a curious way.. she knows tooo much!
September 27, 2011 at 9:30 pm | Rista Smith
bt ppl with anorexia thinks theyr nt beutiful this is a way 4 her 2 still b countd beautiful bc she probably saw it on tv or in a magizine somewhere u cnt blame her or her rents its just make up & have u really noticd theres 11 yr olds getin pregnant nw a days nt tht surprisin
November 4, 2011 at 6:20 pm | Vicky
The makeup was not applied by Dana’s parents.
It was done for her by the other girls in the clinic, who were on average much older – sixteen or seventeen. While Dana was there, her parents had limited input into her life: for the first stage of her treatment even visits were limited, in keeping with the Rhodes Farm rules. I don’t think you can blame the other girls for doing the make-over, or Dana for joining in. They’re kids. They were having fun – or as much fun as they could, given that they were stuck in the hospital.
The criticisms of Dana’s makeup-wearing upset her family when the documentary came out. Remember a documentary doesn’t show you everything about the subjects’ lives, so don’t jump to conclusions.
August 27, 2011 at 3:18 am | T J
I agree that it shows that she has been allowed to be exposed to way more than she should have, and where is the reaffirming that she is beautiful just the way she is, parents need to do this before the child starts to doubt themselves.
I know I am being really critical and I hope none of my children ever suffer from it, but she is the product of over exposure!
I am sure she feels unattractive, but not just to herself but to boys..
I know I thought of boys at her age BUT in a curious way.. she knows tooo much!
August 7, 2011 at 11:08 pm | dav
Firstly, many girls wear makeup, and its totally normal for girls to do so. Many girls also wear jewelry and that is also completely normal. I’m a 33 year old male, and sometimes I even struggle finishing off pudding, especially if its a rich slab of cake AND ice cream, after having eaten a FULL MAIN COURSE already – its sometimes simply too much too eat.. so she did great to eat all that! I think this girl has shown great strength to come so far, and she was looking much healthier at the end of the 12 weeks. Maybe evolution should run its course then, and stupid people like you will hopefully fade away…
August 7, 2011 at 11:08 pm | dav
Firstly, many girls wear makeup, and its totally normal for girls to do so. Many girls also wear jewelry and that is also completely normal. I’m a 33 year old male, and sometimes I even struggle finishing off pudding, especially if its a rich slab of cake AND ice cream, after having eaten a FULL MAIN COURSE already – its sometimes simply too much too eat.. so she did great to eat all that! I think this girl has shown great strength to come so far, and she was looking much healthier at the end of the 12 weeks. Maybe evolution should run its course then, and stupid people like you will hopefully fade away…
August 6, 2011 at 8:25 pm | I lol'd
Srsly, she’s 8, paints her face like a prostitute, wears jewelry and even a sub slut collar! And then Mom asks her daughter if she’s really gonna eat the whole piece of pie, maybe she should leave a little. While on a break from the anorexia clinic. lol.Close down those clinics and let evolution run its course, more stupid people really don’t help humanity at all..
August 6, 2011 at 9:39 pm | jon
these parents suck..
September 27, 2011 at 9:31 pm | Rista Smith
no they r goin thro a huge problem tht u dnt understand unles ur 8 yr old went thro it u dnt knw how much pain theyv been thro so dnt go judgin
October 3, 2011 at 6:43 am | Guest
I fear the future of grammar and spelling
November 3, 2011 at 7:31 pm | Hh
You may, but the sentiment is no less true.
August 6, 2011 at 9:39 pm | jon
these parents suck..
August 7, 2011 at 10:44 am | Kimtenhoeve
It’s hard for people to understand having an eating disorder, if you never had one. Even Dana didn’t understand it herself. These girls are not stupid, they are just under lots of pressure, maybe from society, maybe something else. Everyone is different. It’s not about being thin, it’s about how you feel about yourselve.
It scares me these kids are getting younger and younger. Kids that age should be playing outside and having fun. No one should have an eating disorder, it’s not fun and no one ever can want something like that..
August 7, 2011 at 10:44 am | Kimtenhoeve
It’s hard for people to understand having an eating disorder, if you never had one. Even Dana didn’t understand it herself. These girls are not stupid, they are just under lots of pressure, maybe from society, maybe something else. Everyone is different. It’s not about being thin, it’s about how you feel about yourselve.
It scares me these kids are getting younger and younger. Kids that age should be playing outside and having fun. No one should have an eating disorder, it’s not fun and no one ever can want something like that..
August 7, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Kerri
Don’t like the way that ends at all. Dana is already brokering deals about chocolate and inch by inch, cutting out portions and her mom, too exhausted to have to manage it, is quietly giving her concessions. And an 8 year old with make up? Gives you an idea about where her head is at.
August 9, 2011 at 1:41 pm | Peepee
I think the parents could do with serious investigation. I agree the semi skankho necklace was not cool for an 8 year old. As well of the make up. I think the family looked really unconnected. Note even when the Mom was crying the husband stood there awkwardly. Big house, big job, big gaps??,,,,,
August 8, 2011 at 5:18 am | None
Very well done doc, and I hope the best for that lovely girl.
And I hope Documentary Heaven will be more vigilant in getting rid of hate-filled comments from pathetic people as have been posted here.
August 8, 2011 at 2:56 pm | AnnaK
I think those comments are horrendous as well, but censorship is worse.
August 9, 2011 at 1:35 am | None
Censorship on message boards happens all the time. It’s not some kind of terrible “censorship” anymore than you telling someone who says offensive things to leave your home.
So yeah, censorship of slander and hate on a comment board is just fine. Without it idiots like the ones who wrote those comments would stink up boards with there vile garbage…boards where intelligent people gather to exchange thoughts.
Should the board owners allow anyone to say anything they like, regardless of how disruptive/slanderous/ignorant it is, and allow the board to become unpleasant and avoided by sane people?
November 12, 2011 at 3:18 pm | Wanderer Zero
Basically, yes they should.
August 9, 2011 at 1:44 am | None
Maybe you are confusing it with censorship of individuals in society by the state? That’s not fine, though even still in most civil societies you’re not allowed to incite hatred.
It’s unfortunate we’re even having this conversation….that a human/maggot would feel the need to spout such bile.
I just wish Dana the best. She is a beautiful, intelligent, courageous girl who deserves a good life.
August 9, 2011 at 1:44 am | None
Maybe you are confusing it with censorship of individuals in society by the state? That’s not fine, though even still in most civil societies you’re not allowed to incite hatred.
It’s unfortunate we’re even having this conversation….that a human/maggot would feel the need to spout such bile.
I just wish Dana the best. She is a beautiful, intelligent, courageous girl who deserves a good life.
November 12, 2011 at 3:23 pm | Wanderer Zero
No offense, but what you said sounds much closer to bile. Censorship of any kind is a slippery slope that leads to what we have nowadays, extreme political correctness where everyone has to watch what they say very closely and people calling for things they don’t like being said censored. Its mind-boggling that the first amendment is respected at such a level.
August 8, 2011 at 5:18 am | None
Very well done doc, and I hope the best for that lovely girl.
And I hope Documentary Heaven will be more vigilant in getting rid of hate-filled comments from pathetic people as have been posted here.
August 20, 2011 at 3:50 pm | Leelee8080
Disturbing!
August 22, 2011 at 2:38 am | guest
I don’t understand all the fuss about Dana wearing makeup.
She’s in treatment with a bunch of teenagers. Teenagers wear makeup. Of course she wants to wear makeup, too. It’s like playing, dressing up. When I was a kid I LOVED to play around with my mother’s makeup, too. It has nothing to do with her eating disorder for fucks sake…
September 3, 2011 at 1:12 am | Shaz
Forcing the girls to eat chocolate bars can’t be helpful!!! Loss of control solved by taking away more control….How about empowering them instead?
November 12, 2011 at 3:26 pm | Wanderer Zero
I think that’s a difficult concept for most people to grasp. One must first be empowered in order to empower themselves and many people simply aren’t. Most people seem to be emotionally reactive to outside events, rather than directed from inside.
September 3, 2011 at 1:12 am | Shaz
Forcing the girls to eat chocolate bars can’t be helpful!!! Loss of control solved by taking away more control….How about empowering them instead?
September 15, 2011 at 4:41 am | Anonymous
ASPECT RATIO.
October 19, 2011 at 5:26 pm | Richardbak
the mother is clueless, here daughter has tried to kill herself slowly and yet mum dosnt seem to relate it to the kids mental health, her own behaviour,husband, life at home or anything – parents ruin children
January 4, 2012 at 8:34 am | Megan Elizabeth Warren
She sounds more like her Anorexia is a symptom of some sort of OCD, with the “I’m tired, but I cannot stop” idea she has.
February 9, 2012 at 7:07 am | jay
clearly her parents are at fault.. poor girl.
March 12, 2012 at 2:13 am | ann
i was anoreixic and I blame my mother even though, she didn’t mean to hurt me. She’s obese and hates her body. She would constantly tell me not to get fat like her and tell me I looked to fat, or not to eat such and such. (btw, my body weight was completely healthy) I finally stopped eating, and then she couldn’t figure out why I was starving myself. I was sooo mad the other day when I was visiting home and she was helping my 5 year old daughter get dressed and she commented that her tummy was finally getting flat and she was loosing her fat toddler tummy. (my daughter is also a healthy weight and has always been). I was thinking that I’d better keep my kids away from her, so she doesn’t hurt them.
March 28, 2012 at 2:25 am | Amy
The first thing that caught my eye, was the fact that the 8 year old is wearing a full face of make-up. What non-sense parent allows their child to do so? If that’s the case, I guess the parents don’t mind her looking at 17 year old magazines, having sex, drinking and maybe starving herself. I blame society, but I blame the parents too. Most parents today would rather worry about a Gucci purse than what a child is being exposed to. If as a parent you can set boundries to what a child is exposed to, you may have less adult issues(with a child) on your hands…only my opinion.