Eating Disorders

Learning To Love Yourself And Your Body

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.

Love Your Body, Love Your Life

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living


Mike Robbins

What if we could truly love, accept, and appreciate our bodies and how we look, right now? Imagine what life would be like without negative body obsession?

Love Your Body, Love Your Life by Sarah Maria

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

I believe that body hatred lies deep under a host of physical problems. How can we possibly expect to be healthy if we reject our own primary residence?

Are You a Closet Eater?

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Continuing to associate the pleasure of companionship with the enjoyment of food gives me those same good feelings I had with my girlfriends -- filmy, fluid and fun.

Would You Buy an Overweight Barbie?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

The average woman in the U.S. is 5'4" and around 142 lbs. She is not modeling anything.

The Benefit of Ralph Lauren's Blunder

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment


Dr. Susan Albers

Ralph Lauren has seen better days. This week his company has been blasted for allegedly firing a size 4 model for being "overweight" and photoshopping her into a grotesquely and impossibly thin woman.

A Triathlete Amputee's Thoughts On Her Body: Missing An Arm, But Not Courage, Part 1

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.

Ralph Lauren Model: I Was Fired For Being Too Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment


Leslie Goldman

Did anyone ever actually look at this image and think, for even one millisecond, that it was real? Filippa Hamilton's body was manipulated to such an irrational extent that it ceases to look human.

Shopping At Home: Life After An Eating Disorder

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


Jenni Schaefer

After Ed (aka "eating disorder") and I broke up, I have to admit that I splurged a little. I am not usually much of a shopper, but I was so excited about my life without Ed that I wanted to explore some new things.

Walking for a Cause: Eating Disorder Awareness

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Albers

See a Two Minute Video: Join Dr. Susan Albers on the walk: http://www.youtube.com On October 11th the very first National Eating Disorders Associ...

What Michelle Obama Can Teach Us That Models Can't

Adia Colar | Posted 10.14.2009 | Style


Adia Colar

When I was looking at a lot of the models from Fashion Week, I thought the same thing: She looks like girls I met in treatment. She needs to be hospitalized right now. In an inpatient facility. For months.

Tyra Banks: Tyra Show Casting - Do You Have a Body Part You Absolutely Hate?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Do you have a body part that you absolutely hate and sometimes feel ashamed of? Are you constantly finding ways to cover it up or hide it?

Kids and Self Esteem: The Real Deal

Donna Fish | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Donna Fish

How do you as a parent help give your kids the skills to do their best, which involves trying over and over and over?

Anorexia Sites Draw Criticism From Psychiatrists

msn.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Psychiatrists say 1 in 10 girls look at pro-eating disorder Web sites repeatedly, taking inspiration from celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hil...

Weight Loss In College: No More Freshman Fifteen

newsweek.com | Johannah Cornblatt | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


With more than 30 percent of college students falling into the American College Health Association's obese or overweight categories, Yale is not the o...

Mothers That Measure Their Daughters

Susan Harrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

I am examined, scrutinized and commented upon. "I didn't have lines like those on my lips when I was your age," my mother says in the bright lights of her marble bathroom.

How The Brain Controls Binge Eating Is Better Understood Now, Researchers Say

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they couldn't make it eat. Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers disco...

Hate Your Body? 3 Steps Toward Learning To Love It

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Sadie Nardini

This superficially focused yet deeply-ingrained striving for some unattainable, deprivation-based goal can easily overcome a good life, and swallow it whole. And those feelings can turn deadly for some of us, or at the very least, consistently ruin our days.

Could the Obesity Fight Backfire?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Dr. Jon LaPook

In a recent study, more than half the women trying to lose weight were not overweight. Why do people who are not overweight think they need to lose weight?

Abducted by an Eating Disorder

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Albers

How can you get someone back from an eating disorder once they have been abducted? It takes time and treatment. Most of all, it takes compassion to help them find their way back to mindful eating, a truly balanced relationship with food.

Muffintop: The New Feminine?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

A woman should have a little pooch. It's part of what makes us womanly.

Hide Your Body, Hide Yourself

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

If you're always looking for ways to not be seen, how do you speak out? How do you move through the world if you have an invisible cloak that has no magical powers other than to keep you in your own shadow?

Pittsburgh mom says daughter bullied into anorexia

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living


PITTSBURGH — A woman has filed what experts believe is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Public Schools, claiming her daughter deve...

Sneak Peak at New Book For Comfort Eaters

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Albers

Instead of overeating you can soothe yourself through dozens of mindful activities that are healthy for both body and mind.

Food Allergies Are the New Eating Disorder

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Are some people using the allergy/intolerance umbrella as a reason to restrict food? I'm betting yes. And it's not just celebrities.