Some women who gathered to hear University of Kentucky professor Susan Bordo talk about eating disorders admitted to being surprised when they learned that women of other races also struggled with eating disorders.

"Anorexia isn't just a curse of affluent white women in modern America...'Eating disorders are spreading across race, class and gender borders.'"

Bordo went onto to say that the seemingly conflicting messages of obesity and anorexia aren't as diametrically opposed as some may think. Regardless of the image, the media and entertainment industries are selling an ideal, and both "ideals" are dangerously unhealthy. Read more from dailypennsylvanian.com