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Dating Is More Stressful For Overweight Women, Study Finds
Modern women are constantly encouraged to accept their bodies–to love themselves no matter what shape or size. They’re supposed to rise above negative cultural stereotypes, especially ones that have to do with being ugly or unlovable if you’re overweight. Heavy issues But it’s not that simple, a recent study found. It seems that overweight women …
Recent Survey Indicates “Looks Are More Important To Women Than Life”
The was survey conducted at British Universities by Dr Phillippa Diedrichs. The survey results were rather unnerving the college age women in the survey were willing to give up everything between giving up ten years of their life to a year’s salary. The Statistics of the Survey Thirty percent of the three hundred and twenty …
‘Feeling Fat’ Emoji Is Banned By Facebook
Yielding to pressure from the public, Facebook has removed the “fat” emoji that was listed as an “I’m feeling” option for status updates. Ohio State University student Catherine Weingarten first started the protest against the fat emoji when she saw the chubby-cheeked icon appear on her friend’s Facebook status. “As someone who has struggled with …
Facebook Linked To Eating Disorders
It should come as no surprise that social media sites like facebook is delivering the model thin image right to the computer screens of teens all across the world. This inspirers body image issues and symptoms of eating disorders on a global scale among teenagers. Sites That Encourage Eating Disorders “A growing number of sites …
Bulimic Teens Recover More Quickly When Parents Are Involved
Parental involvement improves patient outcomes when it comes to treating adolescents with bulimia nervosa, according to a new study. Researchers from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Stanford University say the findings contradict what clinicians are normally taught about bulimia treatment – which is that parents should be excluded from the process. “This study shows definitively …
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Societal Pressures And Eating Disorders
The messages are all around us. Everywhere you look, on television, in newspapers, and in every grocery/drug store in America, we are told that we need to “perfect” ourselves. The diet industry is now a multi-billion dollar industry and is still growing. Yet, the percentage of Americans who are considered “obese” continues to rise. For …
EATING DISORDERS TREATMENT: VULTURES SHOULD NEVER BE INVITED OVER FOR DINNER.
There are a lot of toxic things in this world, but nothing is more poisonous, more harmful, or more deadly than “Toxic People”. They are what I like to call the individuals that pollute your life with their negative mojo, and stain your life with their negativity. I should know as I have had many …
Practicing Self-Compassion With Jenni Schaefer
Thanks to Jenni Schaefer, who recently featured an excerpt from my book on her blog! Jenni recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of Life Without Ed, so be sure to check out her book’s new edition and to congratulate her when you stop by her site. Like the excerpt? Read more! You can find Does Every Woman Have …
Letter To Friends About Supporting Your Health
To My Friends and Family: I understand that you care about me and that you are concerned about my health and well-being. I’ve learned a lot about issues related to weight, and I’ve come to believe that I can be healthy and happy at my current weight. I have also learned, both from personal experience …
Words Of Love
Once a month I blog for the Size Acceptance website: Fierce Freethinking Fatties. It is a wonderful website, passionate and informative on issues of fat politics, fat activism, size acceptance, and has a great “cast” of bloggers. Recently there was an interview with Shannon Russell, our Fierce Fearless Leader at FFF, in which he talks …