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...

Megan Fox in Jonah Hex Corset Photo Shocker

Megan Fox is beautiful, no doubt, but fans were shocked to see how tiny the starlet appeared when she was pictured in a corset costume for her role in Jonah Hex.  The Megan Fox shocker photo has tongues...

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: February 22-28 2009

The National Eating Disorders group in the US created an awareness week which takes place during the last week of February each year in the hopes to prevent eating disorders and unhealthy body image, and to eliminate...

Quebec Drafts Charter to Ban Skinny Models From Runway

Christine St. Pierre, the Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, announced her plans to create a charter that would ban ultra-thin models from runways and magazines.  ""We have to...

College women at risk for eating disorder may benefit from online intervention

Eating disorders are common amongst young female population. How can they be prevented?

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