It was an offhanded comment—but one that goes against Meghan Trainor’s typical love-your-body-as-it-is mantra.

The All About That Bass singer told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published in September, “I wasn't strong enough to have an eating disorder, actually. I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that's not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, ‘Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.’”

Now, Demi Lovato, who hasn’t shied away from talking about her own body-image struggles, has posted a series of tweets to set the record straight. And while she’s not pointing any fingers (and never actually says her tweets are in response to Meghan's comments), she is quick to explain that having an eating disorder doesn’t show strength—what’s really strong is overcoming one.

And, as far as we’re concerned, so is what she had to say:

“Having an eating disorder doesn't show 'strength.' Strength is when are able to overcome your demons after being sick and tired for so long. There's a wide misconception that anorexia and/or bulimia is a choice and you often hear people say things like 'Why doesn't she just start eating?' Or even 'just stop throwing up.' It's the ignorance and lack of education on mental illnesses that continues to [put] mental health care on the back burner to congress even though this is an epidemic that is sweeping our nation, and causing more and more tragedy every day. Starving is not a 'diet' and throwing up isn't something that only extremely thin men or women do. Eating disorders do not discriminate. Neither does any other mental illness. These are deadly diseases that are taking lives daily. So please, let's be cautious of the words we use when discussing ED's and other mental illnesses.”

Well said, Demi.

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