A short documentary released last month at the Sundance Institute’s Women at Sundance brunch challenges moms to get in touch with their natural beauty. The film “Selfie” reveals just how easily mothers can pass down their body image insecurities to their daughters, so both the moms and daughters are asked to take photos of themselves …
While New Year’s resolutions can sometimes get a bad rap for being too lofty, research does suggest that coming up with a set goal can help you stick to it. The key, however, according to John C. Corcross, author of “Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals And Resolutions,” is to make a smart and …
A health blogger from Illinois did something many overweight people only dream of: she lost 170 pounds and completely transformed her life and body. Last month, Shape magazine reached out to Brooke Birmingham, from Brooke: Not On a Diet, hoping to share Brooke’s journey as a “Success Stories” feature the magazine runs monthly, where it …
It’s back-to-school season, which means that college women across the country are gearing up for rush – the process of joining sororities on their campuses. Sorority life, while not inherently problematic, can contribute to negative outcomes for women with body image issues, writes Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, on the blog Eating Disorders Hope. Shame Some …
In a move that will surely be applauded by health care providers and eating disorder specialists, the House has passed a bill that would require Virginia school boards to keep parents informed about eating disorders. Under the new law, students’ parents would be given guidelines and information about identifying eating disorders and how to seek …
A professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill recently conducted a study confirming the link between the quest for perfection and eating disorders–especially for young women. Anna M. Bardone-Cone evaluated around 400 college women, assessing their levels of “self-directed” perfectionism and “social” perfectionism. She also took into account stress levels to see if …
Being stressed out can trigger the strong desire to eat or drink, but the pleasure derived from indulging that craving isn’t more rewarding than normal, new research suggests. The study, which was published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, reveals that stress can make us go to great …
An organization committed to raising awareness about eating disorders is encouraging college students to take out their frustrations with a sledgehammer – on scales. Southern Smash, of Baton Rouge, La., visits universities across the country, telling students to let go of the body insecurities and “perfect numbers” they’d like to see on the scale. The …
Recent research has begun to show that diet soda consumption is linked to obesity, but which came first – the chicken or the egg? In other words, some people argue that diet soda consumption affects metabolic processes and appetite cues that cause people to overeat, causing weight gain. Others argue that diet soda drinkers may …
A common notion about lesbian relationships is that a woman can be less concerned with her weight or body image because she is with another woman. Yet a new study from professors at Rutgers University and Villanova University found that women in same-sex couples tend to have the same body image concerns as women in …
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