40 Stories on Eating Disorders
After students and parents raised concerns about displayed calorie counts leading to or worsening eating disorders, Harvard University Dining Services removed the index cards detailing nutritional information from dining halls this year.
If model thin is always in, at least there were fewer protruding collar bones and ribs to be counted at New York Fashion Week.
Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other
eating disorders diseases covered by the nation's public and
private health care programs
The Prom Night star, who once battled eating disorders, is finished with weight worries
I often say that I spend more time and energy on my one boy than on my three girls. Other mothers of boys are quick to say the same. Forget that old poem about snips and snails and puppy dog tails, says Sharon O'Donnell, a mom of three boys and the author of "House of Testosterone." "Somehow it's been changed to boys being made of 'fights, farts, and video games,' and sometimes I'm not sure how much more I can take!"
"She has always been thin [and is] her daddy's daughter, with his long body," says mom
Marya Hornbacher's courageous memoir tracks her coming to terms with a difficult mental illness
Ginger Spice hopes that "whatever shape she is, she loves herself"
Maggie O'Connor minces garlic for a Mexican lasagna while across the kitchen Melissa Thornton chops basil for a turkey wrap.
A study shows that suicidal anorexics go beyond their disease in search of a way to die
After students and parents raised concerns about displayed calorie counts leading to or worsening eating disorders, Harvard University Dining Services removed the index cards detailing nutritional information from dining halls this year.
If model thin is always in, at least there were fewer protruding collar bones and ribs to be counted at New York Fashion Week.
Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other
eating disorders diseases covered by the nation's public and
private health care programs
The Prom Night star, who once battled eating disorders, is finished with weight worries
I often say that I spend more time and energy on my one boy than on my three girls. Other mothers of boys are quick to say the same. Forget that old poem about snips and snails and puppy dog tails, says Sharon O'Donnell, a mom of three boys and the author of "House of Testosterone." "Somehow it's been changed to boys being made of 'fights, farts, and video games,' and sometimes I'm not sure how much more I can take!"
"She has always been thin [and is] her daddy's daughter, with his long body," says mom
Marya Hornbacher's courageous memoir tracks her coming to terms with a difficult mental illness
Ginger Spice hopes that "whatever shape she is, she loves herself"
Maggie O'Connor minces garlic for a Mexican lasagna while across the kitchen Melissa Thornton chops basil for a turkey wrap.
A study shows that suicidal anorexics go beyond their disease in search of a way to die
Looking back at the time when she suffered a devastating eating disorder, Jamie-Lynn Sigler says it's like she was a different person.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is brushing off questions about her recent weight loss, saying she's merely exercising and eating well to keep her svelte figure.
The Italian advertising photographer is behind some infamous marketing campaigns, as proved by his latest efforts
The eternal enfant terrible of fashion photography, Oliviero Toscani, has roiled the fashion world with a revealing ad
An Italian fashion label has stirred debate by featuring a naked, anorexic model on billboards across the country in an effort to raise awareness of the illness.
Ellen Pompeo wants everybody to know that she does not have an eating disorder. And she blames the media for propagating those rumors.
Recently photographed looking shockingly gaunt, Courtney Love actually insists her weight is going up, not down.
Thandie Newton says she suffered from bulimia and has the scars to prove it.
When it comes to her looks, Eva Mendes is grateful for what she's got.
Jenny McCarthy is just like everybody else when it comes to her fitness regime: diet and exercise - and home workout equipment that she doesn't really use for its proper purpose.
Playing a free concert in New York City Thursday, Courtney Love looked shockingly thin - and even cracked a joke about her gaunt appearance.
Models younger than 16 should be banned from catwalks during London Fashion Week over fears that some girls are developing eating disorders because of their work in the industry, fashion experts have recommended.
The standardized image is pasted all over the mass media. Whether it's Hollywood, the runway or glossy magazines, the message is very clear: Look like this and be sexy.
For Natalie, it started in high school. She had always been a hearty eater, but increasingly, when life got stressful, she turned to food for comfort.
London Fashion Week got under way on Monday with the ongoing debate over ultra-skinny models continuing to distract from the styles on the catwalk.
A New York City Council member Thursday proposed pushing sponsors to ban abnormally thin models from walking New York Fashion Week's runways.
Traveling the world between catwalk shows, photo shoots and parties and appearing on the covers of glossy magazines, models are used to living in the spotlight.
The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues.
Katharine McPhee's revelation that she has battled bulimia puts the American Idol runner-up in the company of millions of Americans.
Pushing a grocery cart loaded down with cereals, sandwich fixings and sweet treats up and down the aisles of her local store is one of Cindy's great joys.
Coffee-heart attack link clarified
On a balmy night in late October, hundreds of partiers, most sporting red or blue Hawaiian shirts, pack the Delux nightclub in Delray Beach, Fla. It's a swank place--outdoor decks, two bars, plush,...
(CNN) -- Playing Meadow Soprano on HBO's pilot of "The Sopranos" was the role of a lifetime for then-16-year-old Jamie-Lynn Sigler, an unknown actress from Long Island, New York.
Take 1: the FX network's new comedy series "Starved" is an audacious but ultimately fond and respectful look at Americans' obsessions with eating, dieting, and body image.
Just hours before Terri Schiavo's death on Thursday, Florida's Pinellas County Probate Court released nine of 11 videotapes of the brain-damaged woman that had been recorded in 2002.
With their court battles apparently exhausted, supporters of Terri Schiavo's parents said Sunday that they would take their efforts to Washington on Monday.
What caused Terri Schiavo's condition?
Mary-Kate Olsen has been discharged from a treatment facility after a six-week stay, her spokesman said Monday.
Dotty Bowers had suffered severe headaches since childhood, and they only got worse with time. No one seemed able to help -- not her family doctor in Middlebury Heights, Ohio, who prescribed ever-s...
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