When it comes to strangers, some things are off the conversation table. There is no need to tell me about the importance of food. I know about thatBy all accounts, I’d been enjoying the conversation. We were two pina coladas apiece in, and between us had covered the breadth of holiday small talk. The weather, the flight over, the cult of the Kardashians, to name but a few. Then Jenny, the woman who had been stretching on the sun lounger beside me all day, got personal: “I know all about your problems,” she said as matter of fact. “You’ve just got to eat.”With that, she happily skipped back to decrying Kim Kardashian and her much-debated posterior. I sat in silence, scared to burst the
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France votes to ban ultra-thin models in crackdown on anorexia
Modelling agencies protest as those employing models considered too thin face fines of up to €75,000 and six months in prisonFrench MPs have approved tough measures in an attempt to combat anorexia that will make it a crime for fashion agencies to use dangerously thin or undernourished models. Members of the lower house of parliament also voted on Friday for measures that will make it illegal to promote anorexia on the internet and will oblige agencies to clearly mark all photographs of models that have been retouched to alter their body shape. Continue reading…
Are more men getting eating disorders?
Since 2000, the number of men diagnosed with eating disorders has risen by nearly 30{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d}. What’s going on?“‘Somewhere deep within me is a destructive urge,” says Colin. “It’s this gremlin in my head that hits me at unexpected moments. Ultimately, complete recovery requires changing my perception of myself. It is going to be a struggle, but it’s achievable.” Colin is a 50-year-old community development manager, and has battled an eating disorder for more than two decades.Eating disorders have long been perceived as an issue affecting women and girls, but this idea has been shown to be increasingly warped: the number of men being diagnosed has risen by 27{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} since 2000. Continue reading…
Gwyneth Paltrow’s detox or the Red Carpet diet: can celebrities make you fitter?
Here’s a healthy tip for the new year – ignore the deluge of food advice from self-appointed expertsAs it’s January, I have been considering a detox diet. Which one should I go on?All media, all western countries Continue reading…
I don’t want an A for anorexia | Charlotte Samantha
A grim spell in the eating disorder wing of a psychiatric hospital has only raised more questions about ignorance of the disease“You haven’t scooped all the butter out. Finish it all.” The nurse’s stare invaded from across the table, and her words continued the assault. She had finished supervising my breakfast, but was hell-bent on discovering any trace of leftovers, any hint of my illness now showing its mark in the almost empty flora pat beside my sticky fingers. They were sticky because – bowl of full-fat milk-soaked cereal, cup of tea, glass of water, glass of orange juice, two pieces of toast with butter and jam down – I had not been allowed to wipe my hands. Or my face for that
Nicole Scherzinger addresses eating disorder on new track Big Fat Lie
The track, which is about her battle with bulimia, helped Scherzinger to ‘create something beautiful from … something that wasn’t once so beautiful’Nicole Scherzinger will use her new album to address her eating disorder. Big Fat Lie takes its title from the singer’s battle with bulimia, helping Scherzinger to “create something beautiful from … something that wasn’t once so beautiful”.“I think we all have our own big fat lies,” Scherzinger explained in an interview with Digital Spy. “[I have been] battling with an eating disorder for many years and recently, in the past few years, it’s come out and people were talking to me about that … [That fight] is a big part of who I am and what has gotten me here. And what has gotten me