women's eating disorders

When five-year-old girls admit to dieting because they're afraid of becoming fat, there is a serious problem. In The Christian Science Monitor an easy-to-read article on what may cause women to develop severe eating disorders.

vocabulary revision :

eating disorder : trouble du comportement alimentaire
stout : gros, corpulent
plump : dodu, grassouillet (noun : plumpness)
slim : mince, svelte
thin : maigre
bony : très maigre, décharné
Rubenesque : à la Rubens
Twiggy : the supermodel in the 60s (a twig=une brindille) more details on wikipedia for instance.
binge eating : manger à l'excès, faire une orgie de nourriture.
weight : le poids
to weigh : peser
to be overweight : avoir des kilos en trop
to be underweight : être trop maigre

In the last paragraph there is allusion to the proverb "beauty is only skin-deep" : la beauté est quelque chose de superficiel