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How the Internet Is Encouraging Eating Disorders

weight loss support group

Could anorexics turn to the Internet to learn how to become a better anorexic?  A recent study looked into Online Negative Enabling Support Groups (ONESGs) that promote eating disorders. These blogs and forums actually encourage eating disorders as a lifestyle choice … Read More

Fat Is Not a Feeling

talking to your friends and talking fat is bad

A recent study suggests a whopping 93 percent of college women engage in what researchers term “fat talk.” With all the topics to occupy their conversations, one of their favorites is the size of their butts and thighs. When asked … Read More

Good Diets Gone Bad: Orthorexia

Salad

Chances are, you’ve encountered a so-called “health nut” at some point in your life; that person whose fridge is always stocked with yogurt, never met a piece of kale they didn’t like and always passes on dessert.  In a society … Read More

Fear Of Getting Fat: Gender Differences

Shape and beauty

  The boogie monster that haunts women is real, and it’s called cellulite. The fear of getting fat plagues even healthy normal-weight women. It is a fear, apparently, that men do not share. Psychologists at Brigham Young University discovered women … Read More