Eating Disorders

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Anorexic "Tips" from the Biggest Loser

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: The Biggest Loser, Eating Disorders, Food, Dieting Tips, Anorexia, Jillian Michaels, Food Disorders, Body Image, Self-Esteem Issues, Weight Loss Game Show, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Body Image Women, Weightloss Games, Living News

Food is a gift. It is not something to be feared or demonized but rather to be eaten with joy and thanksgiving. Take it from someone who has eaten food out of the garbage.

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An Open Letter to Cheryl Burke

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Women, Women's Health, Sarah Palin, Fitness, Fat, Weight Loss, Womens Health, Cheryl Burke, Dancing With the Stars, Overweight, Exercising, Weight Gain, Average Weight of Women in the US, Eating Disorders, Eating Healthy, Entertainment News

Who are these people who are jumping all over Cheryl for gaining a few pounds? Women who are way heavier, less successful, and not on TV, I would guess.

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Is Man-Orexia On The Rise? (VIDEO)

CBS News | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Personal Health, Anorexia, Manorexia, Health, Eating Disorders, Men's Health, Eating Disorders Men, Bulimia Men, Anorexia Men, Video, Living News

Anorexia and bulimia, long considered solely the domain of those bearing an xx chromosome, are apparently plenty common among men, as well. And while ...

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Man oh Manorexia

Trisha Gura | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Anorexia, Health, Manorexia, Living News

The man took his mom's dieting and father worry to the extreme. His thoughts now are so distorted by his eating disorder that, in the hospital, he continued to limit his caloric intake.

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Are You Overeating Due to the Economy?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Peter Jennings, Health, Economy, Compulsive Overeating, Weight Loss Tips, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Overeating, Living News

Are you using food to deal with the current stress we are all under due to the turmoil in the economy? Do you find yourself mindlessly consuming foods you don't normally eat?

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Over One Million American Men Suffer From 'Manorexia'

Details.com | Posted 10.05.2008 | Style

Read More: Eating Disorders, Anorexia, Health, Manorexia, Style News

By some estimates, 1 million American men suffer from anorexia--or, if you prefer, manorexia. That's almost 15 percent of all cases. "I think the figu...

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How a Pro-Life VP Will Make You Feel Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Isn't there a strong parallel between other people dictating my right to reproduce and other people dictating what I should look like?

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Weight Loss Tips You Probably Haven't Heard Before

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Food, Weight Loss, Diet Tips, Binge Eating, Living News

I have come up with a few tips to help you deal with some specific weight loss road blocks. Feel free to share your own, as they might just help someone else.

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The Ugly Truth About "America The Beautiful"

Darryl Roberts | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Fasion Industry, America the Beautiful Movie, Britney Spears, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Female Body Image, Fashion, Beauty Industry, Ted Casablanca, Chicago News

When I set out to make my film "America the Beautiful," one of the first things I did was ask 200 women if they felt attractive or possessed a healthy attitude about their bodies--only two said yes.

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Beauties Chasing the Beast

Cheryl Saban | Posted 09.17.2008 | Style

Read More: Eating Disorders, Women, Sex, Attraction, Style News

Though some of our current come-hither trends are quirky, when I read about rituals that women of other cultures engage in, I think we of the westernized persuasion basically have it easy.

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Plastic Surgery For Dummies

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 09.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Vogue Magazine, Fat, Eating Disorders, Operation Smile, Obesity, Anorexia, Plastic Surgery, New York Magazine, Style News

Plastic surgery has legitimate uses. Nobody is denying the great good that organizations like Operation Smile do. But somehow I think fixing actual ...

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"Hurl"

August J. Pollak | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Food, Game Shows, Eating Disorders, Hurl!, Competitive Eating, Tv, Reality TV, Reality Show, g4, Entertainment News

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Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Living News

Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.

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A Bad Week For Body Image

Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Girls, Skinny, Australia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Weight, Cliques, Queen Bee, Teenagers, Living News

Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.

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Should Thin Be Illegal?

AP | DEVORAH LAUTER | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living

PARIS — In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultra-thin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise an...

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Are You A Functioning Alcoholic?

The Daily Telegraph | Natasha Courtenay-Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Drunkorexia, Alcoholism, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders and Alcohol Abuse, Functioning Alcoholism, Anorexia and Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Alcoholic, Living News

If you love a good cocktail or two or maybe three after work (not that we would know anything about that), you might crack the occasional joke about b...

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Introducing 'Drunkorexia'

The New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Eating Disorders, Anorexia and Alcohol Abuse, Brideorexia, Brides and Anorexia, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders and Alcohol Abuse, Living News

'Drunkorexia' is the latest term coined to describe a blend of anorexia and alcohol abuse. Drunkorexia is not an official medical term. But it hints ...

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Here Comes "Bride-orexia"

Newsweek | Pat Wingert and Sarah Elkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Eating Disorders, Brides, Brides and Eating Disorders, Weddings, Living News

Researcher Lori Neighbors, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recently took a more scientific look at the r...

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Journalist Catches Eating Disorder While Researching

Jezebel.com | Slut Machine | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Eating Disorders, BBC America Super Skinny Me, Super Skinny Me, BBC America, Living News

The documentary Super Skinny Me aired on BBC America last night. The film is sort of like Morgan Spurlock's doc Super Size Me, but instead of risking ...

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