In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, it’s important to reflect on how we got ourselves into such a pickle in the first place. I mean, during this week we are not just talking about those girls, women, boys, and men who have clinical eating disorders. We’re talking about the pervasive disordered eating that [...]
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A National Study released by Girl Scouts of the USA tells us that 9 out of 10 girls say that the fashion industry is at least partially responsible for girls’ obsession with being skinny today.
In this nationwide study called “Beauty Redefined,” more than 1000 girls ages 13-17 were surveyed. Would you like to hear a [...]
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Johnny Rock // Body Image Project // Review from Body Image Project
Studies show us that more and more, boys and men are suffering from poor body image. Girls and women are no longer the only ones who are embarrassed, frustrated, disgusted, or dissatisfied with their physiques. Research tells us that boys are increasingly worried about [...]
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It turns out that Fashion Week may actually be reflecting what we’ve known all along: Not all girls and women are a size 0. Some catwalks, while still filled with the tiniest models, are more readily exploring the use of more full-figured gals. By full-figured, I mean, size 12.
So, I ask you, is it enough? [...]
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You are what you watch.
UCLA School of Public Health released a study this month providing additional details to the link between television viewing and childhood obesity. It demonstrates that the link is not all about the amount of TV watched, but rather, the number of junkfood commercials witnessed by the viewer over time.
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Underwear from American Apparel…$24
Elmo shirt from American Apparel…$14
Saving your daughter from being sexualized by American Apparel? Priceless.
I want you to think about a tween or teen girl that you love. Your daughter. Your niece. Your best friend’s little girl. She’s a good person, isn’t she? She has a lot to offer. She’s probably pretty talented, [...]
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Oh boy. Hold onto your body image! Considering the dreadful body image people already are coping with in America and in many western nations, we are no stranger to seeing skinny people think they’re fat. Now the Mayo clinic is confirming our fears– you can be skinny and fat at the same time.
A new report [...]
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People love to talk. Blah, blah, blah. When it comes to body image, weight, size, obesity, waify models and women, everything gets lumped up together into a convenient black and white argument where fat is bad and thin is good. Ridiculous.
Thank you, Kyle Smith, of the New York Post, for writing another article to fuel [...]
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…accept when it comes to weight. Where do girls get the silly notion that gaining weight means they are ugly and will be excluded? Hmmmm. Well, as we are working to try and help our daughters understand that:
(1) Beauty comes from within
(2) Don’t judge a book by it’s [...]
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