Fish shrink by some 10% during harsh winters

"Fish can shrink during particularly harsh winters, according to researchers.The scientists, based in Norway and Finland, discovered that juvenile brown trout reduced in length by as much as 1cm - a shrinkage of approximately 10%. They say this could help the young fish to...

Fury Over Kate Moss's Skinny Motto

Bizarrely, I've never heard of the phrase that Kate's said, despite having suffered from an eating disorder for 20 odd years - but here's the scary thing - when I heard it, the first thing that went through my mind was - oooh wish I had known that one, that's good. The mind...

Research Shows Eating Disorder Cases On the Rise

Increasing patient caseloads, professional collaboration/patient sharing and lack of medical resources are among the trends revealed in a May 2009 survey of eating disorder professionals conducted by the Eating Recovery Center (http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com), the premier...

Never Too Rich or Too Thin? The High Cost of Anorexia

"You can never be too rich or too thin, or so the saying goes. While there’s little chance I’ll ever get to worry about the former, I am far more familiar with the latter then I would ever care to be. I was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in 1984 not long after that...