rs007

I think the similarities people are thinking of are largely in the mindset, I'd say there are definite and multiple similarities between the mindset of a dedicated bber and an anoreia sufferer.

But lorian hits the nail on the head.

If you "practice" anorexia unchallenged, there is only one inevitable outcome - a slow, dehumanising death.

If you practice bodybuilding to extremes, then this simply isn't the case, and while I am one of the few that accept that it is unhealthy on many levels, until I see as many bodybuilders in hospital as drug addicts, obese folk, alcoholics etc, then I am not going to worry too much.