Word: anorexia
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Curves, that is. The model's figure keeps shrinking to new lows, so ahead of Milan's Fashion Week next month, Italy banned from its runways any body mass index under 18.5. Spain imposed similar restrictions, and Brazil--where a model died from anorexia--is also considering a ban. Here, a look at the shifting shape of the female fashion mannequin...
...affairs disappoints me. Not that I am an extremely slutty dresser, or anything like that. I do enjoy the occasional V-neck or episode of “Stacked,” but these are natural affinities for a woman in my position. Yet, it seems that ever since anorexia came into vogue, flashing one’s breasts seems almost crass. It’s a bit too much flesh, it seems, for the ascetic-minded fashion community. Besides, when one is wearing a long sack with leggings, breasts merely get in the way. These days, it?...
...ANOREXIA...
...week in the aftermath of a model's death, it was clear acknowledgment that culture can fuel unhealthy body images. But genes play a role too. Researchers studying 31,406 identical and fraternal twins born in Sweden from 1935 to 1958 found that if one identical twin suffered from anorexia, the odds were significantly higher that the other did as well. Just because someone is genetically predisposed to anorexia, however, doesn't mean she or he will develop the disorder. The next step will be to figure out which genes are involved and how they affect the brain...
...this year and started working part time as a receptionist, though she's still underweight and still thinks she's fat. "We have a long, long way to go," says her mother, Kathy. Despite this latest study, the same could be said, sadly, for our understanding of anorexia...