Eating – overeating – saved me. It comforted me when I was at the mercy of grown-ups who didn't know how to give what I needed. Food was something to which I had ready access, and with it I cleverly fashioned a survival mechanism that pulled me back from the edge of insanity. – a young MacGuyver of angst and junk food.
Kim Brittingham, Read My Hips: How I Learned to Love My Body, Ditch Dieting, and Live Large
body-image, dieting, food, food-additction, mental-health