Word: esteeming
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...believe that they’re smaller than they actually are might seem like a benevolent, “feel-good” practice on the part of clothing companies. Instead, it places undue emphasis on the number on the clothing tag rather than the vitality and self-esteem of the woman wearing the clothes...
...time they've had a fair idea about who's prone to developing it. To some extent it runs in families, though it may be that some parents pass on to their children, genetically or by example, tendencies toward perfectionism, hypersensitivity and perseverance - traits that, combined with low self-esteem, appear to be preconditions for anorexia. Typically striking in adolescence, the disorder is more common in affluent countries and, within those, in wealthier families. For every boy who gets it, nine girls do. There have been attempts to explain anorexia in the same way most doctors account for depression...
...this phenomenon a cause - even the cause - of anorexia, or is it a consequence? Mondraty sees it like this: the personality traits and self-esteem problems mentioned earlier "are reasons that a girl might go on a diet," he says. Nearly all girls diet during their teenage years, but only about 1% of them develop anorexia. "What I'm guessing," Mondraty says, "is that when those with an underlying biological vulnerability lose a certain amount of weight, then something happens ... this [brain abnormality] clicks in. The significance of this is that it takes a bit of blame away from...
...recess, a move that made national headlines. As in schools from South Carolina to Wyoming that have implemented similar bans recently, Attleboro administrators cite fears that children could get hurt and their parents might sue. According to some parents, another factor was concern that such games could hurt self-esteem if, say, one kid were always...
...statement branding the contribution to religion of Islam's Prophet Muhammad as "things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." The Pope has since clarified that he does not agree with those words, and has repeatedly expressed his esteem for Muslims. Says a senior Vatican official: "We always say that when the house is on fire, the first thing to do is put out the fire." Still, there is a sense that something is changing in Rome, which for decades has focused all dialogue with other faiths on "finding common...