Body Image News

The other night, while watching a VH1 homage to the '90s, I caught George Michael's video "Freedom 90," featuring the sexy lip-synching and face-caressing of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.

Thanksgiving can provide unique challenges for people with eating disorders, a U.S. referral service for eating disorder says.

Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.

The Rancho Milpitas Middle School community was left standing up for a cause on Nov.

Learning to love your body and to treat it well isn't easy. And if you're a girl or young woman who's ever struggled with weight, body image or eating issues, then you know it can be downright difficult.

Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday this year. SYIDA LIZTA AMIRUL IHSAN examines this cultural icon who draws admiration and criticism in equal measures.

Although Katie Mobbs is at a healthy weight, her teeth are chipping away. That was one of the side effects of an eating disorder that consumed the Aurora resident for about seven years.

Did the famous waif model promote a dangerous aesthetic with the mention of her motto? Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid eating.

CINDY CRAWFORD is urging women to stop buying magazines which feature super-skinny models - because it is up to the public to change body image stereotypes.

London, Nov 17 : Cindy Crawford has advised women to stop buying magazines featuring stick thin models because she believes they have the 'power' to change the body image stereotypes that are currently being sold out to them.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart says she's naturally skinny. Allure magazine. November 16, 2009 - With the latest installment of the Twilight film franchise set to release Friday, November 20, 2009, all eyes are on stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson .

Real Housewives of Orange County star Gretchen Rossi has revealed that she has struggled with bulimia.

My perception is my truth. Last week, I wrote about what's been happening in Australia, where several body image activists have been accused of being "too beautiful" to deliver a message of self-acceptance and body love to the "average" woman.

New research has found stress is one of the leading triggers of poor body image in teenagers.

National Eating Disorders Association Supports Real Women Campaign. Leading Eating Disorders Experts in Five Countries Now Support Global Effort .

For teenage girls, missing meals to keep off the extra pounds has become the norm.

THEY say your school days are the happiest of your life, but nothing could be further from the truth for many body-conscious youngsters.

Airbrushed adverts of "thin-ideal" models pose a "significant risk" to the health of young women, say experts.

Those issues are just the tip of the iceberg on the different reasons why people lose interest in sex, but there are a few prominent ones.

Teen Truth: An Inside Look at Body Image. DVD. 23 min. with tchr's. guide. Human Relations Media .