Anorexia

Are 'thinspiration' photo sites causing eating disorders?

Dreux Dougall, Frugivore

The thinspiration community – those who carry the idea of inspiring [women] to be incredibly thin (but not necessarily healthy), has been all over the web recently posting images of insanely skinny women.

10 conditions we get the least

Dr. Tyeese Gaines

SLIDESHOW - We know which diseases we suffer from the most... so, let's take a look at ten conditions that we are least likely to have...

Author responds to 'Black women and fat'

Andrea E. Shaw

OPINION - When Alice Randall’s New York Times opinion piece titled 'Black Women and Fat' appeared, the blogosphere erupted in aggravation over her claim that 'many black women are fat because we want to be'...

'Bigorexia': When bigger isn't better

theGrio

VIDEO - Therapists say some bigorexics are compelled to work out and add muscle mass...

Tyra Banks defends 'flawsome' features

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

OPINION - Vogue magazine has stated that it will no longer hire models who appear to be visibly unhealthy. Tyra Banks also encouraged all women to see themselves as 'flawsome'...

Eating disorders quietly plague black communities

Ashley Michelle Williams

theGRIO REPORT - Although white women were once thought to be the sole group battling eating disorders, over the past few years, reports of eating disorders among minorities -- particularly African-Americans -- have increased...

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Anorexia

Are 'thinspiration' photo sites causing eating disorders?

10 conditions we get the least

Author responds to 'Black women and fat'

'Bigorexia': When bigger isn't better

Tyra Banks defends 'flawsome' features

Eating disorders quietly plague black communities

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