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Binge Eating Risk May Be Biological, Higher In Women, Study Claims

2013-05-02T10:46:20Z

Contrary to the findings of a widely reported 2011 study indicating that binge eating affects men and women equally, most research on the subject show...

Read more: Women More Likely to Binge, Binge Eating Sex Differences, Eating Disorders, Women More Likely to Binge Eat, Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating Rats, Binge Eating, Women News

Darryl Roberts: Ambercrombie & Fitch Headquarters Protest Called Off

2013-05-17T17:58:41Z

This coming Monday May 20th, a HUGE protest was planned outside of the Abercrombie & Fitch headquarters in New Albany, Ohio.

Read more: Discrimination, Darryl Roberts, Abercrombie & Fitch, National Eating Disorders Association, Bullying, Protest, Mike Jeffries, Business News

Allen Frances: DSM-5: Where Do We Go From Here?

2013-05-16T11:07:07Z

My recommendation for clinicians is simple. Don't use DSM-5 -- there is nothing official about it, nothing especially helpful in it, and all the codes you need for reimbursement are already available for free on the Internet or in DSM-IV.

Read more: Bipolar Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Grief, Attention Deficit Disorder, Allen Frances, Mooc, Autism, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder, Dsm 5, Science News

Bruce Weinstein: Christine Quinn's Brave Choice

2013-05-15T13:29:16Z

If only a small fraction of the people afflicted with bulimia or alcoholism are moved by Quinn's revelation and seek treatment, her decision to make her private struggles public will have greatly served the public interest.

Read more: Christine Quinn, The Ethics Guy, Politics, Alcoholism, Ethics, 2013 Mayoral Election, Eating Disorders, Christine Quinn Bulimia, Bulimia, New York City, Bruce Weinstein, Politics News

Renee Olstead: Delicious Dames: A Field Guide to Living and Loving Your Body

2013-05-14T11:03:39Z

Since launching her online community in 2009, Revecka Natalia has reached thousands of women struggling with and recovering from the ravages of a self-contained illness.

Read more: Photography, Eating Disorders, Support Groups, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia, Anorexia, Impact News

WATCH: Poet Lucille Clifton Talks Being 'Thrilled' With Her Body Parts

2013-05-13T12:35:03Z

When the poet and educator Lucille Clifton died in 2010 at the age of seventy-three, she not only left behindvolumes of lauded poetry and prose but al...

Read more: Body Acceptance, Women Body Acceptance, Lucille Clifton Body Image, Lucille Clifton Poetry, Lucille Clifton Poet, Lucille Clifton, Body Image Poetry, Women and Body Image, Women News

Does This Lead To Eating Disorders In Men?

2013-05-10T12:08:30Z

Men get sexually harassed too -- and these experiences can lead to harmful behaviors, according to a new study.

A research team led by NiCole Bucha...

Read more: Eating Disorders in Men, Binging, Male Sexual Harassment, Male Eating Disorders, Sexual Harassment, Compensatory Behavior, Eating Disorders, Sexual Harassment and Eating Disorders, Male Purging, Women News

Simi Lichtman: Mental Health Patients: Ending Stigma Must Come From Us

2013-05-09T15:23:43Z

If we had a chronic illness, no doubt we would tell our friends and welcome their support. If we were hospitalized for cancer, we would want our family by our sides to rally for our health. Mental health is no different, and deserves equal treatment.

Read more: Mental Disorders, Stigma, Psychiatry, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Month, Mental Health Issues, Eating Disorder Awareness, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Month, Healthy Living News

Brad Kennington: Shaming Gay Men

2013-05-09T10:28:45Z

Do you really think his dating life would have been such a big deal if Mr. Collins had announced that he is dating a white woman? Well, maybe in my native South half of a century ago it would have been a big deal -- hopefully, those days are long gone. But those days are still here for gay men.

Read more: Eating Disorders, Chick-Fil-A, Delaware Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Jason Collins, Gay Voices News

Andrea Wachter: When Healthy Eating Becomes Unhealthy

2013-05-08T17:09:53Z

For some, restrictive eating is a short-lived stage that ricochets into a junk food rebellion. Others find their way back to the middle of the road. But for many, this so-called "healthy" way of eating can become a true obsession and, at its most extreme, an eating disorder known as orthorexia.

Read more: Healthy Eating, Balance, Food Obsession, Perfectionism, Orthorexia, Clean Eating, Emotional Wellness, Personal Development, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Recovery, Orthorexia Nervosa, Mental Wellness, Orthorexic, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Kenneth L. Weiner, M.D., FAED, CEDS: Binge Eating Disorder Becomes an Official Eating Disorder Diagnosis

2013-05-08T16:28:32Z

Binge eating disorder (BED) is perhaps one of the most widely misunderstood mental disorders despite the fact that it affects as many as 3.5 percent of American women and 2 percent of American men.

Read more: Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Recovery, Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating Disorder Treatment, Dsm 5, Mental Health, Binge Eating DSM, Dsm-5, Healthy Living News

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Eve Ensler on Cancer, Her Body and 'The Body of the World'

2013-04-26T15:20:37Z

"When I woke up from surgery and had tubes and ports coming out of me, I was just a body. When you come into your body, you become porous. There is no separation between you and the world."

Read more: Eve Ensler, Uterine Cancer, Anorexia, The Vagina Monologues, Bad Body Image, In the Body of the World, Body Image, Positive Body Image, Women Body Image, Eve Ensler Cancer, Uterine Cancer Treatment, Women and Body Image, Body Image and Women, Cancer Diagnosis, Healthy Living News

LOOK: Woman's Raw Self-Portraits Spotlight Body Image

2013-04-23T16:39:57Z

For many of us, the idea of photographing our lowest, loneliest moments for the public to see would be enough to pull the covers over our head and hid...

Read more: Real Women, Body Image Photos, Body Image, Jen Davis Photography, Body Image Photographs, Jen Davis Photos, Jen Davis, Women and Body Image, Women News

THIS Is How You 'Dress For Your Shape'

2013-04-22T08:58:18Z

In March, sick of the onslaught of "bikini body" headlines, we asked readers to submit photos of themselves in bikinis to help remind us all that if "...

Read more: Dress for Your Body, Healthy Body Image, Body Image, Dressing for Your Body, How to Dress for Your Shape, Dress for Your Shape, Women and Body Image, Real Bodies, Women News

Wendy Bradford: It's No Secret

2013-04-19T16:48:39Z

As I am writing, I am also shopping online. As my husband has been entering and leaving the kitchen, I am repeatedly, quickly, and with a good measure of panic, minimizing that shopping window.

Read more: We Want to Tell Our Secrets... Anonymously, Secrets, Eating Disorders, Frank Warren, Tedtalks, Therapy, Ted, TED Weekends News

Modeling Agency Ads Fight Anorexia With Tagline 'You Are Not A Sketch'

2013-04-18T12:56:11Z

When it comes eating disorders in fashion, designers, models and editors can host all the panels and write up all the guidelines they want. But someti...

Read more: Models, Anti-Anorexia Ads, Star Models Ads, Anorexia, Anorexia Ads, Anorexia Fashion Ads, Brazil Anorexia Ads, Moels Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders, Fashion Anorexia, Style News

6 Things You Need To Know About Stress & Eating Disorders

2013-04-12T17:17:30Z

Here's a scary statistic: 20 percent of college women feel that thoughts and fears about food and weight dominate their life, according to a recent su...

Read more: U-Shape Survey, Teens Stress, University of Michigan Eating Disorder Survey, Eating Disorders Depression, Stress and Anxiety, Anxiety Eating Disorders, Anorexia, Less Stress More Living, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders College, Stress Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Facts, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Teen News

Cristen Conger: Is 'Thinspo' for Guys Any Less Harmful Than 'Thinspo' For Girls?

2013-04-12T14:33:36Z

Even though the media have reported on "thinspiration" -- a.k.a. thinspo -- websites for more than a decade, one of the first direct acknowledgement...

Read more: Women, Fitspiration, Fitspo, Men, Eating Disorders, Thinspiration, Boys, Thighs, Women and Body Image, Thinspo Blogs, Social Media, Thinspo, Anorexia, Body Image, GI Joe, Pinterest-Thinspo-Pins, Thigh Gap, Tumblr-Thinspo, Male, Manorexia, Women News

LOOK: Yet Another Reason Why 'Fat' Isn't A Bad Word

2013-04-11T08:19:26Z

We're bombarded every day with the idea that fat is bad -- weight loss commercials, magazine covers, those annoying little pop-up spam ads that tell m...

Read more: Fat Acceptance, Big Heart, Love Photos, Fat Heart, Body Image, Fat Heart Photo, Inspirational Photo, Full Heart, Heartfulness, Women and Body Image, Healthy Living News

How To Accept Your Body -- In GIFs

2013-04-10T16:28:01Z

If you're one of the lucky few -- very few -- women on the planet who never has a bad thought about your body, who always sees it as the strong, mirac...

Read more: Eating Gifs, Body Acceptance, Body Acceptance Gifs, Jennifer Lawrence Body Image, ANIMATED GIFS, Body Image, Food Gifs, Self-Esteem, Gifs, Demi Lovato Body Image, Women and Body Image, Women News

Sally McGraw: Lessons From a Clothing Swap

2013-04-10T17:34:10Z

Women can get hung up on garment size and fit. But a clothing swap full of chatty, diverse, creative women can serve as a fantastic reminder that clothes should fit our bodies, not vice versa.

Read more: Clothing Swap Party, Clothing, Clothes, Fashion, Style, Body Image, Clothing Swap, Women and Body Image, Style News

Rachel O'h-Uiginn: The Repairer: How I Learned Being Overweight Doesn't Mean I Am Broken

2013-04-10T13:30:23Z

I have had an exceptionally powerful arrival into what a broken-less life can be, but it was only made possible by transforming the piece within me that needed to realize I was never truly broken in the first place.

Read more: Self-Acceptance, Empowerment, Dieting, Personal Empowerment, Emotional Health, Body Image, Emotional Healing, Emotional Wellness, Personal Development, Self-Esteem, Self-Empowerment, Women and Body Image, Mental Wellness, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Barbara Greenberg: The 'Hip Dip' Is Not a New Dance

2013-04-08T13:04:32Z

Just when I thought that I had heard it all, I learned about yet another disturbing trend among our teen girls. Teen girls are now afraid of having a hip dip -- a slight curve on the outside of their upper thighs.

Read more: Depression, Daughters, Mommybloggers, Eating Disorders, Tweens, Mothers, Parenting-Teens, Tumblr, Hip Dip, Emotions, Teens, Body Image, Dating, Fathers, #Thighap, Thigh Gap, Collar Boning, Teens and Body Image, Parents News

Tennie McCarty: Understanding Food Addiction

2013-04-08T12:34:36Z

Like an addiction to drugs or alcohol, food addicts will struggle to simply stop their addictive behavior, even when the behavior leads to weight gain, or damages relationships.

Read more: Food Addict, Trigger, Food Addiction, Recovery, Satiety, Depression, Angry, Weight Gain, Addiction, Pleasure, Drugs, Addictive, Obesity, Tolerance, Stress, Health Complications, Comfort, Alcohol, Treatment, Satisfaction, Substance Abuse, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Healthy Living News

Catherine Chen, Ph.D.: What Performing With a Belly Dancing Troupe Taught Me About Life

2013-04-08T11:17:52Z

Try a dance class -- any dance class -- because everyone's a dancer, you just have to find the right music. You just might learn something about yourself in the process.

Read more: Less Stress More Living, Self-Confidence, Women and Happiness, Self-Esteem, Self Love, Stress Reduction, Women and Body Image, Joy, Dancing, Self Esteem, Healthy Living Body, Mind.Body.Soul, De-Stress, Inspiration, Women's Health, Self Improvement, Self Development, Belly Dancing, Women News