The Anorexia Blog http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/ en Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:39:43 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My Anorexia Story The first time my mother really hit me -- more than just a "smack" -- I was 2 weeks old. Dad told me that.

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/my-anorexia-story.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/my-anorexia-story.html Personal Stories Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:39:43 -0800 Doctors Often Overlook Eating Disorders in Patients Experts in the UK say doctors - especially male doctors - frequently miss eating disorders in patients.

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/doctors-often-overlook-eating-disorders-in-patients.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/doctors-often-overlook-eating-disorders-in-patients.html News Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:34:19 -0800 A Video About Some Victims of Anorexia A very moving video about some of the victims of anorexia. Click below to view.

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/a-video-about-some-victims-of-anorexia.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/a-video-about-some-victims-of-anorexia.html Videos Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:40:29 -0800 Fashion Industry Holds Talks on Ultra-Thin Models In September the Madrid fashion industry banned ultra-thin models from the runways. Now the French, Italian, British, and American fashion federations have held talks about the issue of too-skinny models.

They have decided not to regulate models' weight but to try to educate young models and keep an eye out for girls who may be heading for trouble.

"All actors concerned must get involved in the matter of information," France's fashion federation said on Thursday, adding delegates from Italy's, Britain's and America's fashion bodies had discussed the issue jointly at talks on Wednesday.

Never too thin? Fashion gives weight to anorexia claims

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/fashion-industry-holds-talks-on-ultrathin-models.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/fashion-industry-holds-talks-on-ultrathin-models.html Fashion Industry Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:35:10 -0800 The Physical Devastation of Anorexia Here is a brave and disturbing account of the permanent physical toll anorexia took on one woman's body.

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/the-physical-devastation-of-anorexia.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/the-physical-devastation-of-anorexia.html Personal Stories Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:13:13 -0800 Expert Says Families Don't Cause Anorexia Speaking out about Gisele Bundchen's claim that weak families are the cause of anorexia, a Canadian expert who is researching the genes that cause the disease says:

"An uninformed opinion such as Bundchen's causes harm on a number of levels. By contributing to the stigma, it drives sufferers underground and creates obstacles to seeking help. It damages attempts at advocacy and hurts parents who are desperately fighting for their child's recovery ... Such thinking also misinforms third party payors who may not want to pay for the treatment of these biologically-based illnesses if they think its primary cause is family dysfunction."

Research indicates that societal pressure may be a trigger in people who are genetically predisposed to the illness.

What do you think? Is anorexia due to weak families as Gisele Bundchen claims or are other factors such as genetics and societal pressure to blame?

This supermodel is all wet

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/expert-says-families-dont-cause-anorexia.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/expert-says-families-dont-cause-anorexia.html News Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:25:50 -0800 Gisele Bundchen Blames Anorexia on Families In recent months, four Brazilian women have died of anorexia. Lots of finger-pointing and media discussion of the disease have ensued.

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen's opinion is that unsupportive families are to blame for anorexia and that the fashion industry is not to blame for models' susceptibility to the disease.

"I never suffered this problem because I had a very strong family base," Bundchen was quoted as saying in Friday's edition of O Globo newspaper. "The parents are responsible, not fashion."

Bundchen: Families, not fashion to blame for anorexia

]]> http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/gisele-bundchen-blames-anorexia-on-families.html http://anorexia.healthdiaries.com/gisele-bundchen-blames-anorexia-on-families.html News Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:14:04 -0800