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weight loss adds

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deleted_user
Why does google put adverts for weight loss, on eating disorder recovery web sites?

if you look to the left hand side you may see them there,
i can right now.
surely that is a stupid thing to do????
Juice
Juice
I know what you mean, but I spose that's how DS pays for the site.
deleted_user
deleted_user
It seems silly to me too. I thought we were supposed to be able to come here to get away from that. Maybe I'm just weak at this point, but I just want to click on them and see what they say. BAD IDEA!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think it's because binge eating and obesity/overeating are also eating disorders. So, the ads are there for those who have a problem with overeating instead of under eating or purging.

I know that part of eating disorders gets neglected sometimes. Still, anyone who is struggling matters, right?
deleted_user
deleted_user
this is a sore spot for me.

Even more so are government-sponsored public service announcements telling everyone to lose weight, obesity kills, etc.

Fewer people die of obesity-related diseases like diabetes than die of anorexia. By a factor of 5. Five times as many people die from anorexia.

But where does the federal government spend money? On telling everyone to eat less. And who actually hears that message? The anorexics. We're the ones who internalize th message and resolve to eat less. We're the ones dying from not eating already. We don't need these signs on top of everything else.

And I also really resent the fact that MY tax money is paying for these signs that endanger me.

(thanks for letting me rant)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I saw on one they had advertisements, for funerals, and coroner supplies.. It was crazy.. Can we all say Trigger, they might as well put adds up for cigarettes, on the smoking group, alcohol, on the alcchol group.. I just ignore it.. Its everywhere, anyways.. Love and Peace..
deleted_user
deleted_user
i have the ads blocked on my computer
they were too triggering for me
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