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'Katniss' Fat Digs By Critics Are Toxic: Experts

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:56:41 CDT

Critics' attacks on actress Jennifer Lawrence for being too hefty to star in the Hunger Games are threatening to undo all the positives of having a strong female character in a megahit movie, say experts. The New York Times zinged the choice of Lawrence for the role because her "womanly...

No More Pro-Anorexia Blogs on Tumblr

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:49:05 CST

Tumblr is taking a stand against blogs that promote self-harm. When a new content policy goes into effect, likely next week, pro-anorexia blogs or others that urge readers to self-injure will no longer be allowed on the blogging site, according to a staff post today. The Awl and New York...

Marc Jacobs Sends Girls, 14, Down Runway

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:26:00 CST

Designer Marc Jacobs is flouting fashion industry recommendations by sending 14-year-old models down his catwalk. “I do the show the way I think it should be, not the way somebody tells me it should be,” Jacobs told the New York Times after his Manhattan presentation. "There is no controversy." Health...

Demi Lovato Furious Over Disney Anorexia Joke

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:01:00 CST

After battling anorexia, singer/actress Demi Lovato is furious her former boss, the Disney Channel, joked about the eating disorder on a TV show. A character on the program Shake It Up said recently: “I could just eat you up. Well, if I ate.” Lovato responded in an incensed, all-capitals tweet....

Yoplait Pulls Ad Accused of Promoting Eating Disorders

Tim Karan — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:28:45 CDT

There's healthy, and then there's insensitive, argues the National Eating Disorders Association. General Mills has pulled a Yoplait commercial that NEDA says promotes anorexia and bulimia, reports Huffington Post . The ad depicts a slim woman standing in front of a refrigerator while she justifies eating a slice of raspberry cheesecake...

Spring Births Linked to Higher Anorexia Risk

Matt Cantor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:49:07 CDT

Those born between March and June face a higher risk of developing anorexia, a study suggests. Oxford scientists reviewed the birthdays of 1,300 people with the eating disorder and found “clear evidence” leading to their conclusion, the New York Post reports. September and October produced the fewest anorexia patients,...

Eating Disorders Hit 500K Teens

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:57:22 CST

An eating disorder study being billed as the largest analysis of US teens ever is returning some depressingly large numbers: More than half a million have had an eating disorder, according to government research. Binge-eating was the most common disorder, found in 1.5% of teens studied, followed by bulimia...

Too Much Facebook May Lead to Eating Disorder

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:45:05 CST

The eating-disorder blame game has a new player: Facebook. A study has found that the more time teen girls spend on the social network, the greater their risk of developing anorexia or bulimia. The researchers asked 248 girls, ages 12 to 19, about their Internet and TV habits, and eating...

Model Isabelle Caro's Mother Commits Suicide

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:52:30 CST

A sad footnote to a tragic story: The mother of Isabelle Caro, the anorexic model who died last month , has committed suicide. Marie Caro's husband told a Swiss paper that she felt "enormous guilt" about her daughter's eating disorder and death and was beside herself over the press coverage that...