We try not to dwell on the weight fluctuations of celebrities, since our greatest collective fear on this blog is-- shot in the dark-- that someone will point out our own problems with bacon cheeseburgers and failed diet plans. But when the entire internet is worried that Lindsay Lohan is sta...

From time to time, we see articles proclaiming that thin is totally in or curvy is making a comeback. Oftentimes, this proclamation occurs after fuller-sized models (by fuller, we mean a size 4) grace the runway at a fashion show or a curvaceous actress (like Christina Hendricks of “Mad Men...

More TV predicts unhealthy diet If you need another argument for why your teenagers shouldn’t spend so much time watching television, a University of Minnesota study of 2,000 kids found that those who watched the most television were more likely to follow an unhealthy diet five years later. Those ...

Like father, like daughter, not so much CalorieLab colleague Dr. J sent the following item my way, and an interesting item it is, about Grant, age 40, whose weight got up to some 380 pounds, and his daughter Emma, age 15, who in reaction to his weight problem developed one of her own, but not the on...

Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Earlier this month, the biggest weight-loss show in America — and perhaps abroad, airing in over 90 countries — “The Biggest Loser: Couplesâ€� debuted, just in time to motivate us to continue our own weight and fitness resolutions. The Big...

welcome to two years of the carnival of eating disorders! yes, it’s been two years as of today. here’s how it all started: if you’re not familiar with blog carnivals, you may think this is an odd name – this link here will tell you more about blog carnivals. this carnival contains articles a...

Now that Amy Winehouse is seemingly getting clean and healthy, the skeletons are banging on the closet door to get out. Amy’s former personal assistant/lover Alex Haines is giving up graphic details about his life with the drug addicted singer. Alex says it was the norm for Amy to have toast, ...

here is the november edition of the carnival of eating disorders! anorexia and “becoming unspecial� lola snow has a thoughtful post on the notion of being special, something very important for a lot of people who are in the throes of anorexia. some would say that being anorexic is about being sp...

I’m all about holistic healing and so when I heard that Oprah was doing a 21-day gluten-free vegan cleanse along with kicking booze and sugar, I was highly intrigued as I too recently completed a 12-day gluten free vegan “Great Food Reboot Experiment� myself. Oprah was inspired by the book Qua...

hello people! this is the new edition of the carnival of eating disorders. unfortunately, i’ve been having problems with the blog carnival site (the site that administers all the carnivals) so i have had only a few submissions this month, two of which i’ll be including. to substitute for the sli...