Thanksgiving is my family’s favorite holiday. Is it one of yours too? There’s something so powerful about a holiday that everyone celebrates in America because it is part of American culture, not religion. But you know what can really ruin a good holiday meal? Fat Talk. Hold the Fat Talk! 10 Tips for a Fat [...]
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Rebecca Tishman, our teen college blogger, has openly told our readers her story of eating disorders and recovery over the last 2 years. Her frank insight and bold discussion has helped many understand the many facets of eating disorders during the teen years and how they can be a support to others who are facing [...]
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Are you a member of the Fat-Talkin’ Club? There are chapters…worldwide. It’s Fat Talk Free Week and, like every year, we are being challenged to drop the fat talk between friends. This can be a tall order for many. Why? Because fat-talking has become a habit and a bona fide, integrated component of many friendship [...]
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It’s been a year since the launch of Good Girls Don’t Get Fat: How Weight Obsession is Messing Up Our Girls & How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It. The book, based on 10 years of my own research, was born out of my dissertation at Tufts University and morphed into over 200 interviews [...]
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Do you participate in Compliment Shutdown? Lob: “I love your dress!” Shutdown: “Oh, it’s got a hole in the seam and it only cost 12 bucks. It’s really a piece of garbage.” Lob: “Your hair looks great!” Shutdown: “Gosh I haven’t washed it in days. It’s such a mess I don’t know what to do [...]
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By now you probably have heard of the controversy over Thylane Loubry Blondeau, a 10 year old model who recently “graced” the pages of Vogue Paris. An absolutely beautiful girl, made up to look much older, to sell clothes to adult women. Make sense? As a parent of a girl & a child dev specialist, [...]
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The post-pregnancy body is a controversial topic these days. Isn’t that…strange? It used to be that we embraced the maternal figure– the robust, zaftig, rounded physique of a Mom was celebrated and revered. What happened? I sat down with Lara Spencer on GMA to talk about body image, mothers, and what the trend towards plastic [...]
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Do all disordered thoughts end when you decide that you no longer want to succumb to the weight of Eating Disorders? Rebecca Tishman, our resident teen blogger who has detailed her recovery for over a year now here at DrRobynSilverman.com, admits a hard truth: She still struggles but thankfully, she’s stronger than her eating disorder. [...]
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You know the commercials. They provide tight shots of taut bottoms and long, shapely legs. Skechers “shape ups” were given an extra jolt of “sexy” when Kim Kardashian was shown, part by part, sweaty and heavily breathing, in the Skecher’s commercial named “Break up to Shape Up” that aired on Super Bowl Sunday 2010. There [...]
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