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...

Skinny models under fire at fashion weeks

With the return of fashion weeks around the globe, the narrative around models' weight has also rebounded.  In recent years some fashion weeks have banned too-skinny models from the runway in an effort to...

Dear Lindsay

It’s time you got clean and we got a life"Hey Lindsay, You don’t know me, but I know you — in fact, thanks to the tabloids and the paparazzi, I know way too much about you. (At least you weren’t drooling...

Empty House, Full Stomach

My name is Greg Penney, I'm 17 years old, 5'6" and weigh more than most teenagers my age. I was recently featured in the documentary Generation XXL, directed by Teresa MacInnes, which aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on March 8, 2007. I was one of four teens the...

Yes, I Have Manorexia

Just this once, we need to talk about something serious. I know it's easy for people to have a knee-jerk reaction to the problems of others and just start laughing but we're all adults here. So I am going to bring this up and then we can discuss the underlying issues and...

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?

MySpace.com slammed for promoting eating disorders

A flurry of news stories this week has focused attention on the cult-like growth of "pro-ana" web sites. First off the mark was a Washington Post item, Invitation to Harm:Some Minors Find MySpace.com a Hospitable Home for Traffic in Illegal Pills and Promotion of...

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