History Main / WeightWoe

* Yomi from ''AzumangaDaioh''; she even writes into a radio show about it under the pen name "Crying Diet Girl".

[[/folder]]

Compare HugeSchoolGirl, a girl who is much taller and [[KeepAbreastOfThisIndex more developed]] than her peers and is insecure about it. Contrast FatAndProud {{Big Beautiful Wom|an}}en/{{Big Beautiful M|an}}en, who are comfortable with their size and are usually portrayed as ideal ''because'' they are overweight.

* TheNostalgiaChick looks perfectly pretty and healthy, but she still freaks about her weight. Not enough to go outside and do anything productive, however.

* On ''AmericanDad'' Stan became anorexic. While he is shown to be getting heavier during the course of the episode, this is really a delusion and he is finally shown to be NothingButSkinAndBones.

* On ''AmericanDad'' Stan became anorexic.

[[AC: ComicBooks]]

* LordByron - obsessed with his weight and fasting

* Koboshi gets this in an episode of ''PitaTen'' in an attempt to be more femenine.

* ''GossipGirl'', the book series, had Blair as bulimic. They touched on this during the first season thanksgiving episode of the TV show but it was never shown to be as much of a problem as the book series where Blair binged and purged at least once a book if not more.

* ''TheSimpsons'':

** Brians dumb exgirlfriend Jillian is bulimic. Stewie calls her fat to make her throw up, and she makes comments about how she is losing her teeth.

* ''4st 7lb'' by ManicStreetPreachers is sung from the perspective of girl who is enthusiastic about losing unhealthy amounts of weight. The lyrics where probably written by Richey Edwards, who was suffering from anorexia at the time.

* ''Sophie'' by Elanor McEvoy tells the story of a girl with Anorexia.

* Subverted in ''Persona 4''; Hanako claims to be dieting, and uses it as a justification for [[FatBastard not sharing some of her food]] [[BigEater (despite having more than enough to share)]] [[FatBastard with the starving protagnists]].

In real life, eating disorders of any kind are ''[[CaptainObvious never]]'' funny, and sufferers should seek immediate help. Media often dictates that one has to be thin in order to be attractive. However, eating disorders are often more complicated, involving many emotions. Frequently the sufferer feels like they have no control in their life, so obsessively controlling their eating habits and body shape becomes the solution. Sometimes the control they seek is over their emotions, in which food can be used in many ways, like replacing their inner emptiness with an empty stomach or filling the void with food. In other cases the fat represents perceived badness, and they are purifying themselves by getting rid of it. This is dangerous and can become fatal if left untreated.

--> -- '''Ana's Song''' by ''Silverchair''

In real life, eating disorders of any kind are ''[[CaptainObvious never]]'' funny, and sufferers should seek immediate help. Media often dictates that one has to be thin in order to be attractive. However, eating disorders are often more complicated, involving many emotions. Frequently the sufferer feels like they have no control in their life, so obsessively controlling their eating habits and body shape becomes the solution. Sometimes the control they seek is over their emotions, in which food can be used in many ways, like replacing their inner emptiness with an empty stomach or filling the void with food. In other cases the fat represents evil, and they are purifying themselves by getting rid of it. This is dangerous and can become fatal if left untreated.

* ''4st 7lb'' by ManicStreetPreachers is sung from the perspective of girl who is enthusiastic about losing unhealthy amounts of weight.

In real life, eating disorders of any kind are ''[[CaptainObvious never]]'' funny, and sufferers should seek immediate help. On top of the media dictating that one has to be thin in order to be attractive, eating disorders are commonly caused by the sufferer feeling like they have no control in their life, so obsessively controlling their eating habits and body shape becomes the solution. This is dangerous and can become fatal if left untreated.

In a world where [[HollywoodThin being very skinny is the ideal]] and being [[FatBastard over]][[FatIdiot weight]] has UnfortunateImplications, [[TruthInTelevision many people are self-conscious about their weight]].

In real life, eating disorders of any kind are ''[[CaptainObvious never]]'' funny, and sufferers should seek immediate help. On top of the media dictating that one has to be HollywoodThin in order to be attractive, eating disorders are commonly caused by the sufferer feeling like they have no control in their life, so obsessively controlling their eating habits and body shape becomes the solution. This is dangerous and can become fatal if left untreated.

* ''4st 7lb'' by ManicStreetPreachers is about a girl who is enthusiastic about losing unhealthy amounts of weight.

* Elliot during season 7 of ''{{Scrubs}}'' treats a woman with anorexia. Dr. Cox points out that Elliot weighs even less. By the end of the episode, she realizes that she is there to help her patients whether she is healthy or not. A year later, the same patient comes back, even more underweight, and Elliot is convinced that it is still anorexia, when in reality it was AIDS. However, Elliot puts the patient through a lot before finding this out.

* There was also an episode of ''{{Scrubs}}'' where Elliot was convinced her patient was anorexic and it turned out she had AIDS.