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[–] Sleep-MD 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It's like telling someone addicted to meth that uppers are dangerous, so you should take downers instead.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm ago 

It's more like telling a meth addict that giving up meth will mean spending the rest of their lives in withdrawal. Eating disorders are miserable, and with one, the idea of being fat is less preferable than any pain imaginable, so if those are the options, they prefer to at least be thin (even if they don't always see it). If more people with EDs knew they could recover and still maintain a BMI of 19 or 20, more would attempt recovery, but the accepted knowledge is that recover equal BMI of 25 forever.