Tag Archives: eating disorders
Halloween store’s “Anna Rexia” costume
Originally posted in Community Blog
TweetPlenty of people take Halloween as an opportunity to dress in more revealing outfits (/costumes) than they would, say, to the office; there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that! But it’s irritating that most of the costumes specifically for women, available at Halloween and party stores, catalogs, and the internet, are almost always revealing and often [...]
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Vicious cycles: mothers, daughters, eating disorders
TweetOver the weekend, this postcard was posted at PostSecret. For those of you who aren’t familiar with PostSecret, it’s a long-running crowd sourced art project in which people put their secrets on postcards and mail them in. Pretty simple concept, really powerful results. This card, which I have to assume was created by a woman, [...]
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Yoplait pulls eating disorder triggering commercial off the air
TweetAfter the National Eating Disorders Association called Yoplait out on a commercial that normalizes disordered eating, the company has agreed to pull the commercial off the air. A NEDA press release says that “after conversations with General Mills executives Eric Galler, vice president of marketing, Yoplait, and Jeff Hagen, director of consumer services – the [...]
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It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
TweetAre you aware that more than 10 million American women and more than 1 million American men suffer from an eating disorder? Once you add in binge eating disorder, eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) and subclinical disordered eating, that figure shoots up alarmingly. Are you aware that 40% of new anorexia cases are in [...]
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Dangerously misinformed article on eating disorders posted on Muscle and Fitness website