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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-02-25-schiavo-eating-disorder_x.htm

According USA Today at age 26 Terri Schiavo was strikingly beautiful, but she spent her childhood as a chubby girl. She finally lost 65 lbs. in her late teens; however, keeping the weight off was a struggle for her. Years later her heart has stopped, cutting off oxygen to the brain since she had been trying to survive on liquids and was making herself throw up after meals. Her collapse was caused by” potassium imbalance” that brought by an eating disorder. Her husband Fox mentioned that Schiavo was a victim of societal pressure to be thin since she didn't want to go back to her original weight and extreme dieting was the only way she could do this in her mind and be able to eat as much as she did ("Schiavo Case", 2005). Schiavo case demonstrated the role the media can played in term of her death. She struggled to maintain her weight; therefore her only option was to pursue with the idea of extreme dieting. As a result she able to achieved the body she always desire for and also feel socially accepted within society; however, her death was the consequence for her decisions.

What's Eating You? Gaby's treatment

This video shows that an individual can improve from on eating disorder, like Gabby's case. She went through Casa Palmera Treatment Center to work on her emotion, body image issue, and most importantly work on herself. Before Gabby hated herself and used the eating disorder to hide her emotion. She learned to deal with the her eating disorder and share her feeling instead of hiding her problems with her sister that's what caused the eating disorder to emerge. After the treatment she learned to respect herself and became acknowledge the risks that come with berging. In return, she is a more happy Gabby than before.