Topic: eating-disorder

Topshop Removes Image Of ‘Size 0′ Teen Model Amidst Criticism From Eating Disorder Support Groups

Topshop Removes Image Of 'Size 0' Teen Model Amidst Criticism From Eating Disorder Support Groups

Topshop took down the above image of 18-year-old model Codie Young after a hailstorm of criticism from anorexia support groups claiming the image would encourage disordered eating in teenage girls. Topshop (and Young herself) insist she is naturally slim but the chain removed the image and swapped it with another, in which Young’s figure is obscured by a coat. The chain defends itself and Codie responds. More »

Hunger Games: I Drank So I Wouldn’t Eat

 Hunger Games:  I Drank So I Wouldn't Eat

I think, if I really was honest with myself, I started seriously drinking to stop myself from eating.

There’s the bottom line, embarrassing truth that I can’t bring myself to share at the countless AA meetings I’ve attended for the past few months, ever since my therapist told me she’d refuse to see me unless I got sober.

Hi, my name is Annabelle and I’m an alcoholic … and now that I’m no longer drinking, my activities include baking batches of chocolate chip cookies, only to eat every single one of them as soon as they come out of the oven. More »

Hunger Games: My Struggle With Bulimia

Hunger Games: My Struggle With Bulimia

They say that it’s easier for bulimics than anorexics to acknowledge their problem. Which makes sense, if you think about it. Anorexics can pass of their disorder as “a diet” albeit severe whereas, with bulimics, the whole fingers down the throat bit is, shall we say, harder to swallow.

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Calista Flockhart Admits…

Calista Flockhart Admits...

“Calista Flockhart has admitted for the first time she did have an eating disorder when she starred in ‘Ally McBeal’.The 40-year-old beauty has confessed she didn’t eat enough while appearing in the series because she felt under so much pressure.” … More »