Word: bulimia
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...study, which surveyed 9,282 adults over two years, concluded that the lifetime prevalence of binge eating outweighs that of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa combined. Binge eaters comprised 3.5 percent of the female sample and two percent of the male, while the incidence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa afflicted less than two percent of women and less than one percent...
...Vegas Madrid's ban on models who are too thin has started a conversation that may lead somewhere. If pressure is put on models, it may find its way up to designers and magazine photographers. The emphasis on skinny bodies is demeaning to women and encourages anorexia and bulimia. I know healthy women who are a size 4 or 6 and nonetheless diet to try to look like models. That is not good for anyone. When was the last time you saw men starving themselves to death for a career? Lourdes Fernandez Miami Luscombe is right on target about...
Madrid's ban on models who are too thin has started a pointed conversation. If pressure is put on models, it may find its way up to designers and magazine photographers. The emphasis on skinny bodies is demeaning to women and encourages anorexia and bulimia. I know healthy women who are a size 4 or 6 and nonetheless diet to try to look like models. That is not good for anyone. When was the last time you saw men starving themselves to death for a career...
...She’s in the other 20 percent. She says her website logged 1,500 unique hits in September, and it’s easy to understand why. The blog is detailed, no-holds-barred sexually explicit, politically incorrect, and confessional about her history of bulimia. Her writing is blunt and sometimes pessimistic, laced with philosophical musings on what she perceives to be the woeful state of sex at Harvard. “At Harvard, I’ve been in situations where guys would rather do problem sets than do me,” says Chen. Fellow blogger...
...favorite teeny-bopper flicks into most. Even if she doesn't inspire you, guest speakers and panels (the hidden jewels of Psych 1603) spice up lecture, despite the fact that they discuss merry subjects such as delinquency and self-injury. There’s nothing like a presentation on bulimia to brighten your day, eh? Assignments are minimal and include keeping a short journal (tip: listen to Britney Spears' super-hit Dear Diary for inspiration). The biggest perk of the two required papers is that students have enormous freedom: you can analyze Napoleon Dynamite, a teen self-help book...