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Study Shows Teen Eating Disorders Linked To Mother’s Diet
A recent study has shown a link between teen eating disorders and their mother’s diet. Teenagers learn at an early age about food from their primary care taker – their mother. Even if the mother is not always watching what she eats and or dieting but has “issues” with certain foods, the child sees this …
Book Links Food To Feelings
A new book titled “The Happiness Diet” has linked the food we consume to the way we feel. The book which is co-authored by Drew Ramsey MD (a clinical psychiatrist) and Tyler Graham (a health editor) is published by Rodale. It is also available as a kindle edition. The authors claim that the typical American …
Understanding The Truth Behind Eating Disorders
Anita Johnston, psychologist and author of “Eating in the Light of the Moon.” Anita says, “Most people believe eating disorders are about food and they are wrong!” The Truth Behind Eating Disorders As you probably know, eating disorders are classified as a mental health condition. In most cases expect for the fear (phobia) of a …
Altered Body Images Revealed In Retouched Photos Used For Advertising
Two researchers from Dartmouth College have developed a computer algorithm that allows one to determine the extent to which photographs have been altered in order to promote unrealistic body images for advertising purposes. Photo retouching prior to publication can range from a little bit of skin tone smoothing, to completely removing and altering body parts …
Yoplait Pulls Ad That Promoted An Unhealthy Relationship With Food
Under pressure from the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), Yoplait has pulled a television ad that critics claim promotes an unhealthy relationship with food and could trigger those vulnerable to eating disorders. In the ad a woman stands before a refrigerator while contemplating eating a slice of cheescake. She begins an inner monologue in which …
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Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More
This is Part 1 in a 4-part series on Sugar and Other Sweeteners. (1) Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More (2) Sugar: How Much Is Too Much? (3) Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat (4) Sugar: Physical Addiction or Emotional Craving? New research shows that sugar is a direct cause of heart disease, diabetes, …
ANOREXIC BARBIE DOLLS: TINY PINK COFFINS
I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, and Ken wants nothing to do with me. Perhaps that’s because I am 6 feet tall, weigh about 100 pounds, am a size 4, and wear a size 3 shoe . It also probably had something to do with the fact that I can’t in all reality hold my neck or head up with those dimensions, …
Best Ways To Deal And Treat Eating Disorders
Having an eating disorders is not an easy situation the patient need to get the best available treatment available the soonest time possible. To properly deal with the situation and find treatment to it, here are some practical guides the patient or his or her family could follow. A. Know the type of eating disorder …
Go To Hell..Th!
Re the article on Kelly Osbourne’s yo yo-ing weight in Salon.com I responded: There is nothing more egregious than a society that promotes eating disorders by selling body dissatisfaction to every single girl and woman in this country every day. When will the media stop obsessing on our bodies and our weights and start focusing …
EATING DISORDER BLOG: IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP
I’m a firm believer that when it comes to life, there is no elevator to the top, you have to take the stairs. To be successful at anything especially overcoming obstacles takes a lot of hard work, determination, and grit. I think it’s what separates the men from the boys and earns you not […] …