Does this commercial encourage eating disorders? (Video)

Really? That was controversial?

one commercial try society. Eating disorders have been seen as beautiful in america for years. I hardly blame one commercial for it but I'm glad people are starting to realize what's happening

I dont get what's the big deal. Why does this have to suggest eating disorder. Cheesecake, any cake or desserts for that matter is not good for you due to the high sugar and fat content. Why does thinking twice before eating something that is not good for you suggests eating disorder? You should think twice before putting anything in your mouth, especially if it is not a healthy food choice. And why would this suggest thin is never thin enough? Why does hesitating to eat cheesecake suggests wanting to be thinner? Why can't it mean you're just trying to keep your silhouette, or simply just not wanting to eat bad food?

I am SOOO sick of hearing almost everyone crying and complaining.
You see, We complian about 'fast food' commercials causing Over-weight. AND
Now we complain about 'Yogart' Commercials.
FOLKS, It is time we took responsibility for 'Ourselves'.
Please, Stop blaming the 'TELEVISION' for 'Our own' issues.
With today's "society", this country would have 'Died' one hundred years ago.
Sadly, I don't think we will make it through another 'Hundred'.

Thanks, Bob

I don't get it, you can't even see the women's bodies. The first woman agonizing over the cake, well, you can only see her top half, and she looks normal, not too thin. The second woman is seen very quickly and you cannot see her bottom half either. Women are always talking like this in our heads, no matter what size we are. We eat something, then feel guilty, so to have a choice that tastes good with a lot less calories when we crave something sweet is good. I am slim and fit, a size 4, and I want to stay that way, so I also weigh my options in my head before selecting a high calorie food. I love Mac and Cheese, but will rarely eat it because I know that the fat and calories are huge with very little nutrients. It doesn't mean I have an eating disorder. I think the ad is fine.

actually while obesity is a problem overall for college and highschool people its not on average 1 in 20 young persons are suffering from an eating disorder or recovering from one so yes eating disorders are a growing problem.

With TWO-THIRDS of the US population either overweight or obese, I think we should worry way more about the unhealthy eating habits of this huge number of people, rather than how a small number of anorexic people "might" be made anxious or feel guilty after watching the commercial. If everyone chose the yogurt instead of the cheesecake, we'd be much better off.

Ah...Ah. I got nuthin'

i like pie

i have an eating disorder, and have for a long time, but i never once thought this commercial was offensive. a huge percent of normal, healthy women without eating disorders worry about eating a piece of cake once in a while.
are they not allowed to occasionally obsess?
i have realized over the years while something may upset me as an eating disordered person, it probably won't be upsetting the person next to me, and i'm not going to make them feel uncomfortable or bad about something that they clearly didn't intend in a bad way.

I don't think this commercial did anything wrong. A serving of cheese cake is not good for you. It doesn't really matter how you look at it. Your body will suffer processing it, and take in all sorts of toxins, and probably end up just keeping carbs and calories. The rest is flushed out as waste.

The commercial implies that this woman was either A.) grabbing dessert for lunch,or B.) grabbing a snack. When you go on a diet and you use either "meal" to indulge, it is the rule of thumb to pick the healthiest choice. You can still indulge, and pick something healthier. This is not an unhealthy mentality.

Eating disorders are not a black and white thing, and comparing your food will only get unhealthy if you get unreasonable. Claiming this commercial is unreasonable makes you a little too sensitive.

If you open the fridge, like this woman, and are debating wether or not to cave into a craving, it is not unhealthy to opt for a choice that let's you indulge and keeps empty carbs and calories at bay. The commercial implies that this is the conclusion the woman gets after talking to her coworker. She most likely does not suffer anorexia or bulimia.

But if having a craving for cheesecake and it makes you overly anxious, or your debate on what to eat is solely based on the calories/carbs/fat- and not nutrition,or on weather or not you *deserve* the food,or if you have unrealistic expectations of how much weight a food will make you gain ( anorexics and bulimics will typically misjudge the correlation between how much they "binged on" and weight fluxuation), or if you have intrusive thoughts about food, then you probably want to analize your symptoms.You might have an eating disorder.

The most unhealthy image, was probably when the woman said, "I deserve it." because it is unhealthy to reward success with food. Or maybe when she tells the coworker that she lost weight,because it is a bad idea to compare your body to others; it's an inaccurate was to track progress.

In my opinion, though, this commercial did not at all depict the mentality of somebody suffering from an eating disorder.

CONFIDENT, GOOD LOOKING, INTELLIGENT GUYS AREN'T ATTRACTED TO CHICKS WHO LOOK LIKE SKELETONS WITH BOTOXED FACES, DUCK LIPS AND STRIPPER BOOBS...PROMISE! (women do this to themselves while guys say to each other "that chick looks gross in a bathing suit, she needs to eat a sandwich...and leave the crust on"). My girlfriend's body is as sexy as Kim Kardashian, only far sexier...every guy in Vegas or at the beach is like "holy crap!" and girls look at her like "Mmm, she's not skinny enough cuz I can't see her heart beating through her skin yet...otherwise I'm totally jealous of her insane body." I'm tired of telling her that she's not fat, cuz she's totally not. She's a 10+ no matter what these #$%$ ads try to sell women. When will women wise up to the nonsense and support each other in looking like real women who have nothing to be ashamed of?

As a father of a teenage girl who has been diagnosed with Bullimia, I agree that this commerical can be threatening to a person with such a disease. These are the thoughts that they struggle with in their minds. Some will debate whether to burn off the extra calories through excessive exercise or others will purge. Bullimia is an addition to food. Some respond by eating to much as a result of too much personal stress in their lives and then they feel guilty for eating too much so they purge or do excessive exercise to get rid of the extra calories and the feel stress because of the purging and it gets into a vicous cycle that they can't mentally control.

I thought the ad was clever...YOU get to make a choice. Eat the yogurt; And the pastry later on, AFTER you do a hour on the stairstep machine or finish the 3 mile walk. Live to eat...were Mammals, thats what we do !!!.. but burn off the calories. Do the math....0311

I think this is a pretty accurate depiction of how a lot of people feel when they are trying to lose weight It's done in a lighthearted way so I don't see how this would encourage anyone to have an eating disorder, they are still encouraging people to eat yogurt. Who ever started to complain about this needs to lighten up.

We have too many mental issues in this country. There is not one problem with this commercial.

Fuck censorship. Nothing wrong with it the commercial. Stop being so sensitive.

Or maybe she just doesn't want to gain back the weight she just lost? Good grief...we're such a society of judgers. Judge the commercial producers. Judge the actresses. Judge the yogurt company. But don't judge the women with the eating disorders who can't get their life together.

My husband and I have this discussion ALL the time. You never see overweight actors in commercials for things that are targeted towards weightloss. All the Special K commercials, all the Yoplait commercials, every single thing you can think of on the market aimed at convincing us to buy it to lose weight has actors that are already thin...anyone wonder why that is? Is it because we as Americans are stupid enough to believe that if a skinny actor is selling something, it will automatically make us skinny too? I would sure like to think thats not the case...needless to say, I have struggled with several eating disorders over the last 20+ years and I can identify with that Yoplait commerical. I used to do that-make deals with myself so that I could feel ok about eating. Its all about perception and in our society, if you arent perceived as thin enough, then you must be broken or damaged in some way, end of story. The commerical doesnt make me want to binge and purge or restrict but it DOES really remind me of the days when I used to.

Wow, I still don't see a problem with the commercial but ok apparently a lot of people do.