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“What is it with friends competing to see who can lose the most weight, or who can lose weight the fastest? The more I talk to people, the more this is unfolding as a commonality amongst school girls, even work colleagues, and sometimes siblings.
It is quite disturbing that this is how an eating disorder can start, and then, when the diet continues to a dangerous stage, how the competitors find that they cannot stop and have to keep going, and even keep competing, at any cost.“
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For Mothers Only
As difficult as it may be to do so, it is vitally important for mothers of teenage girls to look inward in order to understand a large part of what they may be communicating to their daughters. What is healthy body acceptance for you?
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WHAT MEN SAY... According to the men- which female celeb has the best body?
40% say Kelly Brook
15% say Myleene Klass
1% say Kate Moss has the best celeb body? No way!
38% estimate the average size of a British woman at size 14 – it’s actually size 16
58% men say they are happy with their partner’s body and wouldn’t want them to lose or gain weight
77% men say yes when asked whether they wish women were more body confident
“So, take it from our men, the majority love us just as we are – but we have to love ourselves too. The message coming loud and clear is: You’ve got it, so flaunt it!”
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‘IT’ Factor in Our Fascination with HOT Girls?
And while popularity isn’t an exact science, it’s much easier to gauge than beauty, as it can be measured by such things as the frequency of appearances on magazine covers, top whatever lists, and Google hits. While physical attractiveness is often an important component of the IT factor, this quality is also impacted by a variety of elements- who our culture chooses to gossip about says something about who we are as a culture. HELP!
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Real Women Model Search Wants YOU!
Glamour magazine’s amazing body image revolution you helped us start in our November issue. "WOW!" one reader wrote. "How can I find out more about becoming a plus size model?" Well dolls, I've got your answer right here.
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Jo Swinson: Beauty and the Economic Beast?
Who would have imagined that the airbrushing of models in advertising would have become a political talking point in 2009? This week, in response to a campaign by the Liberal Democrats, the Advertising Standards Authority ruled against an Olay Definity advert featuring Twiggy which used heavy airbrushing to sell beauty products. This is only the beginning. Wow!
Back in August, the Liberal Democrats launched the Real Women campaign, which addresses many different aspects of women's lives, one of which is the increasing pressure for women to aspire towards a totally unachievable ideal of perfect beauty.
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DEATH Rates for Eating Disorders
The death rates were 4% for anorexia, 3.9% for bulimia and 5.2% for Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified. Death rates were significantly higher than normal for bulimia and EDNOS and suicide rates were also higher for these conditions too.
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Body Obsession in Young 20yr. Male
This young man is going for surgery. He says,” the duration from losing my weight and starting to workout is 1 year apart and it didn't snap back. I admit, it has gotten better in the last 6 months but I don't see it snapping back. I also lost the weight in a VERY unhealthy manner (knew nothing on nutrition). It's a slap in the face when you lose so much weight, and change your physique when you still have that constant reminder of your past every time you look in the mirror.” Body obsession takes you where no man is peaceful.
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A Darker Side to His Tale of Success
One David Proctor is a Boston University track and cross-country legend.
For more than two years, Proctor battled anorexia, a disease that reduced his nearly six-foot frame to a skeletal 130 pounds and nearly destroying his running career and his life.
Proctor’s shocking story is not uncommon. An estimated one-third of female college athletes suffer from clinical eating disorders, says Paula Quatromoni, a Sargent College assistant professor of nutrition.
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Cooking Classes; the Hidden Blessing
Giving cookery classes to patients with eating disorders can significantly improve ability and motivation to recover, according to pioneering research by a trust in London.
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Dec. 16, 2009 - Kartini Clinic Launches Nation's First Treatment Protocol for Food Phobia
One of the nation's leading pediatric eating disorder treatment facilities Kartini Clinic has launched a new treatment program for children and young adults suffering from food phobia. Food phobia occurs in children and young adults, often as a direct result of an episode of choking and/or vomiting that leads them subsequently to refuse all solid food. In severe cases patients even refuse to swallow any liquids, including their own saliva. This irrational and deeplyheld fear leads to weight loss and can lead to dehydration.
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Emotional Avoidance and Distress Intolerance
“Individuals presenting with higher levels of emotional avoidance and distress intolerance have negative beliefs about what it means to feel and express emotions (most often negative emotions, but sometimes related to positive affect). They feel unable to effectively handle a negative emotional state, and as a result, are often unwilling to think about or experience situations that may evoke negative feelings.” Avoiding or denying feelings serve to maintain problems with mood and weight for those with eating issues. See FREE Teleconference on Feelings in my Upcoming Events.
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Dec. 18 2009 - "ScienceDaily“
Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes” -------new study from the Université de Montréal and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
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Karyn Marchment
Female - Milton, Ontario, Canada. Her background,
“I have been physically active my whole life, dancing playing sports etc. I love going to the gym weight training. It is rather challenging to get me to eat healthy though. I love my junk food, chocolate, cookies and candy. It was very hard to cut it out for the competition but I managed!”
My Claim to 'FAME': Winning the UFE Elite Female Fitness Model Championships in 2009.
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Dec. 9, 2009 - Ms. USA Natural Female Bodybuilder of the Year title in Chicago. USA competition - “I think I was pretty shocked,” she said of her win in Chicago. “I hadn’t been in the sport very long.” As to her body image journey, “It was fun to embrace it finally, since I hated it as a child,” she said about her muscular build.
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Dec. 11, 2009 - Shape - Sex -Perfection. Shame - Where’s Love?
This topic highlights how this modern perfect body obsession has escalated beyond the normal boundaries. We have become addicted by our mental obsessions to reshape and restructure, fashioning our bodies through increasingly accessible plastic surgery, liposuction, gastric bypasses. Is there an end to our weight obsessions?
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Dec. 2009 - A Book to Consider!
There are living foods and lifestyle goods that Fred may suggest for
people to take and apply to their lifestyle while on this Healthy Journey. They are very helpful and are a powerful addition to a lifestyle change.
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Dec. 9, 2009 -
Best to Work Out In the AM
One recent study, by the late Thomas Reilly and his colleagues at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University in England, found that people’s maximum
heart rates and sub-maximal heart rates were lower in the morning but that their perception of how hard they were working was the same in the morning as it was later in the day.
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Dec. 9, 2009 - The Men’s Side of ‘Perfect Body’ Obsession
All of my previous diets have been drastic changes and I always came in clean but always a little above weight. I wanted to and wasn’t really big enough to step up into the bigger weight class. It’s been a while and my body doesn’t quite react the same, I’m so stressed with medical school and a lot of other things that I think it’s screwing up my dieting.
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Dec. 2009 - Remuda Ranch, for 20 years - Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders
"Remuda Ranch's 20th anniversary is coming up in January 2010, and I look forward to continuing Remuda's long-standing legacy of providing the best possible treatment for those suffering from eating and anxiety disorders," said Billy Young, the new CEO of Remuda Ranch.
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Mirror.co.uk News - LACK OF WATER A DANGER
Extreme behavior like purposely limiting your water intake centre around the daily diet and could lead to long-term health implications such as dehydration, chemical imbalance and, in extreme cases, organ failure. Another - Barefoot Body Blunder
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DEC. 2009 - Syracuse New Times
Thought for Food
Walk into the Café at 407, located within Ophelia’s Place in Liverpool, along one pillar, inspirational print reads “Your body is beautiful. Celebrate it.”
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A Fresh Approach
The partnership began in 2007, when Silver Hill Hospital determined to enhance the entire dining experience for their patients. They chose Unidine for its commitment to homemade, gourmet cuisine made from the freshest ingredients. With special attention to properly cooked and beautifully presented meals, Unidine delivers a message of care along with quality. It’s a far cry from typical “institutional food,” and it transforms mealtime for Silver Hill patients into a positive, gratifying highlight of the day.
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Courtney Love Plastic Surgery
What a mixed body image.
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Aretha Franklin is one gifted artist who performed at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration. I would hope she could eat more healthy foods and balance her eating.
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Dec. 2009 - Time Magazine
Top Chef - Slims Down
Alton Brown famous Food Network host – lost 50 lbs. by boycotting french fries and junk. He now grazes on healthier fare such as avocados, sardines and almonds.
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December 7, 2009 - A report flash went to congress by the Pentagon complaining about turning away more than 1-3 “couch potatoes” and whinning about their physical conditioning. Widespread problem indeed – our boys just keep getting wider.
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December 2009 - What will be thought up next?
Reebok claims you can build butt muscle with no workout. The new EasyTone walking shoe, a provocative new marketing campaign, says this shoe leaves leg and buttock muscles better toned than regular walking shoes. Wow - Walk and firm! Still advertizing to the cultural accepted norms and going for the ‘perfect body’ sell.
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December 2009
Being perfect in her dress, lead this beauty to suicide. She was suffering so much behind her clothes and face Adele had a very good mask. Pretty: but Adele was depressed and looks empty inside. Another loss to our world that is sad.
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December 2009
Bringing back the death camp look with photo shop cuts? Or emaciation equals sex appeal? The model, 23-year-old Filippa Hamilton, size 4 model (she is 5'10" and weighs 120 pounds) has been fired as a result of "her inability to meet her obligations under the contract with us."She claims she has been fired for being too fat. (Ralph Lauren’s apology seems to have a short-shelf life.) Do you want to look like a death camp woman? Help is always near “and women with disordered eating,” experts say, “need to decide and develop the willingness to seek help even if they are terrified of change.”
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This is an example of unrealistic thinness. So what's next for the women bodies of the world? See Germany’s Brigitte their most popular Magazine for the new trend of using models of ‘real women’.
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December 1, 2009 - PLASTIC SURGERY KILLS
Former Miss Argentina died from surgery complications having plastic surgery on her buttocks. What a price to pay for a perceived beauty flaw.
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Real Women Being Showcased More?
December 2009 -Germany’s most popular magazine, Brigitte, is committed to using “real” women instead. This is so refreshing and it is the future trend for women’s images.
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Kate Moss Skinny Statement Obsession?
Supermodel Kate Moss is held accountable by outraged public and eating disorder organizations for her offhanded remark about her personal motto. Moss said: “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” By her looks she lives this. It seems like Moss has made ‘skinny’ her God.
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High Fashion South Korean model Daul Kim found dead
December 2009 -South Korean super model Daul Kim, 20 years old, sadly died in her apartment in Paris. A deadly karmic lesson of some kind is in this story.
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Demi Moore’s W Cover 5’5” -110 lbs. Too thin?
Magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers, and here’s Demi Moore, 47. My wish is for Demi to develop some love for her real self that is hiding somewhere.
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2009 - Glamour’s beautiful bodies spread
There’s not a size 0, 2 or 4 in the bunch. Get inspired by their positive body images and learn to love your own curves that much more.
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Sydney, Australia - December 2009 - Celebrities Are Not Role Models of Virtue
This year the world's celebrities (Kate Moss for example) have displayed their human side. There's been a recent uproar about the very well-known behaving badly and failing to live up to public expectations. This supposedly matters, because long ago celebrities became something bigger and the public has viewed them as better than themselves. They became role models and we have put them up on pedestals like Gods. So let’s take them down and honor them as humans who make mistakes just like us. Mistakes are miracles of learning.
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December 2009 - India Dr. Batra’s Loving Approach to Treating Obesity
Bangkok (Thailand), June 15, 2009: India’s acclaimed homeopath, Dr Mukesh Batra, Founder & CMD, Dr. Batras’ Positive Health Clinics has been honoured with the “Pride of India Award” for his dedicated contribution to field of healthcare and medicine in India and overseas, along with a Gold medal. Dr. Batra writes ‘From Flab to Fab, the Homoeopathic Way’.
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Dec. 2009 - It may have all began with the filmmaker's
(Daryl Roberts) captivating, often heart-engaging documentary, America The Beautiful, which spotlights on the effects of the media messages being spoon fed to America's young; more than 40,000 media messages, in fact, which clearly suggest that, unless you look like supermodels and rock stars, you're not good enough to be loved. While touring with America The Beautiful, Roberts says he has met more than 100,000 young women, many with Disordered Eating Problems. And the ones that didn’t thought they were "ugly." This documentary is still available. Next a boycott on Ralph Lauren, was boldly launched last week by the filmmaker and has generated so much buzz that news titan CNN quickly scheduled a Sunday afternoon segment on the subject. But Ralph or his representative never showed. Daryl realized, "From doing the film that those images--to me, they are just dumb stupid images-- but I realize that they have a lot of impact on a young girl's life," he adds. "It's reckless and irresponsible to keep advertising in that manner just so you can make money. Most young girls have low self-esteem and hate the way their body looks, and through the process of doing the film and meeting those sad & empty young girls, face to face, I became an advocate against advertising that way toward young girls." |
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