Lisa S. Kantor: An Open Letter to Dr. Oz – Yahoo Finance

Lisa S. Kantor: An Open Letter to Dr. Oz – Yahoo Finance

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LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Along with countless professionals and families dealing with the physical, emotional and financial consequences of eating disorders, I am deeply disturbed by the way your recent program, “Dying to Be …
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Facebook Could Worsen Eating Disorders and Low Self-Esteem – Med India

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Time spent on Facebook might turn to be harmful for your health. Latest study has found that some users feel bad about themselves in comparison to Facebook photos of their friends. A new study has found that some users feel bad about themselves …
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With Eating Disorders in Children on the Rise, Eating Recovery Center Urges Parents to Practice Prevention at Home – Market Wire

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DENVER, CO–(Marketwire – Mar 29, 2012) – Between 1999 and 2006, hospitalizations for eating disorders in children 12 and younger rose 119 percent, according to a 2010 study by the American Academy of Pediatrics. In an effort to curb the growth of anorexia …
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Case study: eating disorders and Top Model – www.realitybitesbackbook.com Jennifer Pozner compiled these clips as part of her critical study of reality television’s warped and backwards representation of gender, race and class. Visit the Newsweek link below to see Pozner’s list of “Reality TV’s 9 Worst Stock Characters” http Pozner uses to clips collected above to present an example of stock character #6 — “The Beauty-Obsessed Waif” Here’s Pozner’s writeup for the clips: “Reality TV tells women that beauty is the most important–perhaps the only important–thing they have to offer. On relationship competitions, the beauty-obsessed waif (the only type of woman allowed on network dating shows) appraises her competitors and worries, “They’re beautiful, gorgeous, and skinny! Everything you would never want to go up against ¬ that’s intimidating to me … Am I going to measure up to these girls?” The fear of not measuring up is literal on America’s Next Top Model, where girls have been weighed on scales like cattle at a 4-H fair, their measurements plastered on the screen for the world to see. Frighteningly underweight models are praised for gangly physiques and jutting bones. In the above clip, a tall, slender teenager named Cassie Grisham admitted that she practiced self-induced vomiting after eating because she believed it was the only way she could have her dream career. “An obsession with my weight” propels her to throw up “sometimes,” she acknowledged, noting that she worries about food “24/7.” After playing her

 

Eating disorders to be addressed at today's presentation

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Courtesy of TCU UChapter of To Write Love On Her Arms. By Morgan Welch and Lauren Cummins of TCU Daily Skiff To Write Love On Her Arms TCU UChapter plans to raise awareness of eating disorders at a presentation and meeting Wednesday.
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David Herzog, MD, Founder Of Harris Center For Eating Disorder Research, Talks

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David Herzog, MD, founded the Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital in the early 1990s. On April 2, the Center will host its 15th annual public forum on body image and the media.
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Body Image and Eating Disorders

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According to the National Eating Disorders Association, the average American woman is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 117 pounds. All too often, society associates being "thin", …
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