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Interview with Darryl Roberts-director of America the Beautiful
November 2011 - (CNN) -- At 6'3" and 277 pounds, Darryl Roberts had a body mass index of 34.6. Anything over 30.0 on the BMI scale is considered obese, and his doctor warned him that his blood pressure was...
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Facebook Users More Prone to Developing Eating Disorders, Study Finds
February 2011 - The more time adolescent girls spend in front of Facebook, the more their chances of developing a negative body image and various eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia and...
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Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
October 2011 - People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses...
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Stanford program takes aim at eating disorders
June 2011 - Kristin began starving herself in eighth grade."I had low self-esteem," she said. "I was by no means fat, but my body developed before my other girlfriends'. I got it in my head that if I lost weight...
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WELL; An Older Generation Falls Prey to Eating Disorders
March 2011 - More than 10 million Americans suffer from anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders. And while people tend to think such problems are limited to adolescence and young adulthood...
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High BMI? What it means for your child, and what you can do about it
March 2011 - In an exclusive post published on Shine today, First Lady Michelle Obama offers some advice, drawn from her own experience, about the Affordable Care Act and how parents can get the most out of...
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In Fighting Anorexia, Recovery Is Elusive
April 2011 - Dr. Suzanne Dooley-Hash believes that she will never fully recover from the anorexia that has plagued her since she was 15 years old. For many years, she did not take laxatives constantly to...
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Demi Lovato to Leave Hit Show, Opens Up on Bulimia, Cutting Issues
April 2011 - Teenage Disney darling Demi Lovato has announced she is leaving her hit tween comedy, "Sonny With a Chance," to focus on her music career.The eighteen-year-old Lovato sang her way to the top...
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A Day in the Life of an Anorexic: An Aide to Those Who Can't Identify
May 2011 - Anorexia is a very hard for people to understand. Many see it as a harmful lifestyle choice. The truth is, it is a mental disorder and not any more a choice than depression or schizophrenia is. Some...
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Eating disorders are difficult, complicated health issues
June 2011 - Brianna Chase has been diagnosed with onset osteoporosis, a bone disease that carries an increased risk of fractures. Most commonly, osteoporosis affects women after menopause and...
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Eating-disorder patients battle insurers over care
September 2011 - When Jeanene Harlick's weight dropped to 65 percent of normal, her doctors recommended the San Mateo woman go into an intensive residential treatment facility that specialized in...
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Life-size Barbie gets real women talking
April 2011 - Barbie’s not just a doll.In Galia Slayen’s hands, the iconic blond plaything has morphed into a life-size representation of what an eating disorder looks like.Four years ago...
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EDC Appeal Against Blue Shield Seeks Mental Health Parity for Anorexia
May 2011 - After two decades of battling se- vere anorexia that often landed her in the emergency room, Jeanene Harlick finally entered an intensive treatment program at the recommendation of her doctor in 2006...
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An Older Generation Falls Prey to Eating Disorders
March 2011 - More than 10 million Americans suffer from anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders. And while people tend to think such problems are limited to adolescence and young adulthood, Judith...
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Court: Blue Shield must pay for anorexia treatment
August 2011 - LOS ANGELES—An appeals court decision has ordered Blue Shield of California to pay for a policyholder's anorexia treatment, calling on insurers to treat mental illness with...
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Eating Disorder Signs in Your Child
February 2011 - You never talk about weight. You're careful never to mention "diet" in front of your daughter. You teach your son to do his best but never expect him to be perfect. But even avoiding...
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Crystal Renn addresses her weight loss and maintaining plus-size model status
February 2011 - Crystal Renn deserves major props for putting plus-size models front and center in recent years. The 24-year-old has walked the runway for big designers like Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaultier and...
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How Brain Sees the 'Big Picture' May Affect Self-Image
June 2011 - Body dysmorphic disorder, an illness that causes people to see themselves as disfigured or ugly, is linked to an abnormality in how visual information is processed, and the image distortion...
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