Eating disorders are on the rise given all the stress that our young adults are dealing with especially post-COVID. So many of our youth are fearful of growing up because they do not see a world that is built to help them grow as inflation is through the roof, social agendas are confusing them even …
Tag: Bulimia
Jan 13 2014
When Will Marketers Stop Screwing With Self-Conscious Teens Body Images? – Vol. 133, Jan. 5, 2011
Katie Kindlan wrote on the December 6, 2011 ABC News Blog of the “picture perfect” computer generated models that the huge clothing retailer H&M is using on their website to sell their swimming suit and lingerie online. They claim that doing this allows the garments to be the main focus of their shopper’s experience. I …
Nov 11 2013
The Slippery Slope of Bulimia Nervosa – Vol. 125, Nov. 3, 2011
Over the past few years I have worked with several young women who found themselves in a precarious situation beginning with the innocent notion that they would just feel a bit better about themselves if they would just lose a few extra pounds. Instead what happened was that they got more and more engaged in …
Aug 21 2012
Diane Keaton Battled Bulimia for Five Years – Vol. 130, Dec. 15, 2011
The 1977 film Annie Hall introduced me to the actress Diane Keaton. In her new biography Then Again Keaton tells the story of the start of her bulimic behavior, though she didn’t think of it in that way back then. It was 1968, she was 22 years old, a struggling actress just cast in the …