In news too important to ignore, I came across this new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Norwegian researchers that found that women with anorexia nervosa are much more likely to have both unplanned pregnancies and induced abortions than women who don’t have the serious eating disorder. These results may be …
Ah the secret world of “Men…with Eating Disorders”. Who would have thought that this could really happen. After all, guys are supposed to not care at all about there appearances or their weight right?…Wrong. There’s no difference between the worlds. Some men feel they have a need to have the perfect body, so controlling what …
“Tomorrow is a brand new day – with no mistakes in it.” – Anne of Green Gables Nobody is perfect – we all know this, so why do we still expect perfection of ourselves? Recently I’ve gotten lazy in regards to taking care of myself. We all have those little ‘routine’ things that are so …
Numbers lie. We’re used to thinking of numbers as facts – as concrete, objective bits of information. That somehow, because there is a little truth in them, the numbers must be gospel, must be telling the entire truth. They don’t. SAT scores aren’t an accurate measure of intelligence. Too often, they reflect ethnicity, power, privilege, …
I totally wasn’t going to write about it – I wasn’t. I decided to take a moratorium on talking about celebs with eating disorders, although I do think celebrating long term recoveries like Portia’s can be helpful. Anyway, I wasn’t going to write about them anymore because I hated to be (in effect) glorifying one …
This just in from an article in the Daily Mail in the UK – a frightening new trend has been spotted among young male athletes – known as reverse anorexia. The disorder – which involves gaining a lot of weight – can lead to premature death. Muscle dysmorphia, sometimes called reverse anorexia nervosa, is a …
E! Entertainment Television has announced a six-episode series about compulsive eating disorders under the working title “What’s Eating You?” The show will feature people whose lives are at risk as they battle their warped body images and life-threatening food issues. A group of trained medical professionals and nutrition specialists will help patients on the road …
Yesterday, the National Organization for Women in New York City issued a press release calling for Ralph Lauren to immediately end its mass marketing of waif-like and sickly models in its advertising. They joined national eating disorder organizations, filmmaker Darryl Roberts and others protesting the airbrushed ads featuring a 5 foot, 10 inch model who …
As most of you probably know, this week is a very special week for those who suffer and those who work in the field of eating disorders! NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK: Feb. 20-26, 2011 So, I’d love to hear what YOU would like for people to be aware of. This week provides more focus …
Being that we are midway through this week dedicated to increasing awareness of Eating Disorders, I thought it was important to remind everyone that ALL of us can play a part in increasing society’s awareness of these frightening and sometimes fatal disorders, not just this week, but every day that we have the opportunity. Generally, …
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