10 Ways to Support a Friend With an Eating Disorder
Most people do or will know someone who has an eating disorder. Learn more about how you can be supportive of recovery and help a friend who is suffering. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 31, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
Six Fun Things To Do With Your Scale (Besides Weigh Yourself)
If your scale is a source of stress and anxiety, consider these six ways to get rid of it (and have a little fun in the process). (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 22, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
Why You Should Care What Mike Jeffries is Saying
You may have heard or read about Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO Mike Jeffries and his comments regarding larger women and his store's target audience this week.
It has been known for sometime that A&F does not offer women's clothing in sizes XL or larger, while they do offer XL and XXL for men. However, Mike Jeffries has recently been quoted by Robin Lewis, the author of The New Rules of Retail, as saying A&F is purposefully excluding larger women - that the store only wants the 'cool kids,' or the young, beautiful and thin people to shop at his store....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 10, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
Do our utensils affect how we perceive our food?
A new study, from the University of Oxford and published in the journal Flavour, indicates that the size, weight, and color of our cutlery can change how we perceive the taste, density and expensiveness of our food....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 10, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
"Fat Talk" May Make You Less Likable
Professor Alexandra Corning and her team in the Department of Psychology at The University of Notre Dame recently presented their research findings at the Midwest Psychological Association on the likability of women who engage in fat talk....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 10, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
Myth or Reality? What's the Truth About Eating Disorders?
Misconceptions and myths about eating disorders are incredibly prevalent. Learn more about some of the top myths about eating disorders. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 4, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Review of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, Ph.D. - a book about the challenges adolescent girls face in American culture. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - May 4, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
Muscle Dysmorphia
Sometimes referred to as 'reverse anorexia' or 'bigorexia', muscle dysmorphia occurs when a person is obsessed with building musculature at the expense of relationships and other areas of his/her life. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 20, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
A different perspective...
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Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 16, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
The Case Against Dieting
For many people, dieting is or has been a part of life for most of their lives. This isn’t really all that surprising. There is a multimillion-dollar diet industry that floods the media with advertisements for the latest way to lose weight and the foods to do it with. A study published in 1993 examined the number of diet product commercials and the total number of diet food commercials over the course of nineteen years (1973-1991) and found that they increased nearly linearly. This is in addition to obesity prevention campaigns and the overwhelming message of the media in promoting the thin ideal. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 16, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
A Day in the Life of a Bulimic
A fictional account of the day-to-day experience of someone suffering from bulimia nervosa. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 11, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
A Day in the Life of a Binge Eater
A fictional account of the day-to-day experience of someone suffering from binge eating disorder. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 11, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
The Principles of Health at Every Size
Health at Every Size (HAES) is a movement away from the current weight loss focused paradigm and towards a focus on encouraging and increasing healthy behaviors. Learn more about this research-supported way of life. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 11, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
A Day in the Life of an Anorexic
A fictional account of the day to day experience of someone with anorexia nervosa. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - April 11, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
Do you see yourself less accurately than others do?
Body image is the way we, as individuals, see ourselves or the way we believe that we look to others. Interestingly, the newest addition to the Dove Real Beauty campaign is underscoring the idea that we are our harshest critics. And, that we actually see ourselves less accurately (and as less beautiful) than total strangers....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - March 28, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news
