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...
created by Terri Potratz | 39 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 1649 views | 33 recommendations | 21 comments
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...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1470 views | 8 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
created by ricknight | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 577 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
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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...
created by Cash | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1034 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by contentguy | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 564 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments