George Szirtes (Free subscription) | yesterday
I know it's my fault in the following cases: global warming the credit crunch bad markets human mutations dim children thin women fat women women's eating disorders generally bad shoes no babies any women (should there be any) who drive badly women's lack of ambition bad information / misinformation my own health the weather (weather girls are not to be blamed) for not working till I die and coming...
aindreas.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Jeremy above (1997 and @2007) severely suffers from anorexia. Jeremy has done alot to raise awareness. Hope he's keeping well. I have mentioned male eating disorders previously. Geeky facts = 20 years ago for every 10-15 females who suffered from Anorexia or bulimia there as only 1 male. Today research shows for every ...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Over the complaints of more than 100 parents, Ames, Iowa is backing a librarian's decision that a sex advice magazine written by and for teenagers remain on the shelves . The above image is a screen shot from magazine's website . A teen sex magazine will stay on the shelves at the Ames Public Library despite a petition signed by more than 100 parents objecting to the publication. The Ames Library Board...
Vanilla Garlic (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
"I think your cat is bleeding?" "What?!" Even in a feverish haze those words are enough to spring me into an adrenaline rush. My mind and body and now synched up along a perfect axis and I am now in concerned pet-parent mode. Regardless of the fact I've been unable to even crawl out of bed without becoming exhausted I have now thrown off the blankets, jumped over the couch and run...
Rosie Scribble (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
When Kate Moss revealed in a recent interview that one of her mottoes is the phrase "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", a number of people contacted me to ask my response to this in light of my Skinny Mummies post. In case you haven't read my post, it basically says that I use to be a skinny mummy and now I'm a healthy one which I feel makes me a much better role model for my daughter....
The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Thanksgiving is perhaps the holiday that inspires the most amount of anxiety and fear in the hearts of those (Americans) with eating disorders, especially those of us with bingeing disorders like bulimia or BED who know we can eat the feast twice over and then some. We've discussed tips and advice for the holidays here before, but I got a note from the Eating Recovery Center of Colorado this week with...
LG15 Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Eating Disorders: A Sad Truth I posted this article because i think more people are getting the wrong idea about eating disorders and it'd be really nice to see them actually have some of the facts instead of all this fiction you can find on the web.
We Mixed Our Drinks (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I'm pretty sure this is being said here, there and everywhere so apologies for being late to the party but I was busy all weekend at Reclaim The Night and travelling to and from London. Here is a bonus picture of me looking a bit damp and wearing my fabulous marching hat. Anyway. Kate Moss. I missed the initial uproar over her "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" comment, only managing...
The-F-Word.org (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
In conversations and debates on eating disorders, binge eating disorder (BED) is often the odd disorder out, even though BED is estimated to affect about 10 percent of the U.S. population, eclipsing both anorexia (one percent) and bulimia (four percent). In fact, BED has yet to even be recognized as an official disorder unto itself; it's currently lumped into the ED-NOS category in the DSM-IV.* So,...
i dress for me. (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Kate Moss said, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels". http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/20/kate-moss-motto-pro-anorexic Representatives say that it's part of a longer answer during an interview, and was taken out of context. I'm plus-sized, and while I'm comfortable in myself, I know others aren't comfortable being bigger than a size 10. I don't blame them, if it's a matter...
The Neurocritic (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Contour Drawing Rating Scale ( Thompson & Gray, 1995 ) - established as a reliable and valid measure of body size perception. Anorexia nervosa , an obsessive and unrelenting quest for thinness, is one of the most deadly psychiatric disorders. The documented mortality rate ranges from 3.3% to 18% in different studies ( Herzog et al., 2000 ), and those with the disorder are ten times more likely...
Make Them Accountable (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Ready, set … eat! Recipes for a Healthy Thanksgiving Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating Disorders Age may have its advantages in endurance sports Plus lots more.
Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
- Can She Actually Speak? - A few weeks ago I read a feature in the brand new Stylist magazine about Kate Moss. Half-way through the interview I read this phrase that left me... well, speachless, if only for a moment. ...while Karaiskos steered Kate's profile and made the decision that she should never give interviews, ensuring her lasting mystique. To this day I struggle to understand what it was...
Dan Cash Thinks... (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
So Kate Moss says “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” and once again we’re treated to tabloid OUTRAGE as super skinny models make young girls anorexic. Except Kate isn’t that thin any more & the problem of obesity is far more common and threatening more lives in the west than a few demented girls taking skipping lunch to its illogical conclusion. It’s easy to...
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
People with an eating disorder may not want to attend a support group or meet with therapists, but a new report raises the prospect that "remote therapies" via e-mail, text messaging or through Web sites could help them recover. In the new report, published online Nov. 19 in The Lancet , researchers pointed out that it can be difficult to find treatment.
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