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Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions

Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came forward on a TV show about her bizarre taste for foam materials. The woman is featured on the TLC program "My Strange...

Isabelle Caro Dies at 28: 5 Facts About Anorexia Nervosa

After a long battle with anorexia nervosa, 28-year-old French model Isabelle Caro has died. Caro's fight with the eating disorder drew international attention from the fashion industry in 2007 when her startling billboard campaign, shot by photographer Oliviero Toscani and endorsed by the Italian Ministry of Health, ran...

Plus-Size Model 'Shocked' by Altered Pics

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(July 22) --- As a plus-size fashion model and former eating disorder sufferer, Crystal Renn said she was stunned when a photographer for a charity fashion shoot gave her a digital slim-down that prompted a flurry of questions about her body image. The photos in question, shot by photographer Nicholas Routzen, show a...

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How Well Will I Get?

"To say that I recovered during that time applies primarily to the clinical side of things. And to say that the more complicated, internal struggles vanished along with the preoccupation -- the daily battle with things like closeness, vulnerability, and anger -- would be a lie.

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Stephanie Covington Armstrong, a Brooklyn native, is a writer/speaker.

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The Takeaway From Israel's Ban On Ultra-Thin Models

A new Israeli law prohibits fashion media and advertising from using Photoshop or models who fall below the World Health Organization's standard for malnutrition.

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In The War On Eating Disorders?

Just as Vogue announced a ban of under-aged and thinspo-leaning models from its pages -- a "triumph" according to Slate's Libby Copeland -- Seventeen magazine shut down 14-year-old Julia Bluhm, a ballet dancer who attempted to convince Seventeen to hire "real" models instead of using photoshopped girls.

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Will I Ever Get Better?

Knowing someone from the study would be calling me regularly makes me think twice about my own behavior.

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06/02/12 Celebrities Weight Issues Miley Cyrus; Experts Fear... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ Why does Miley Cyrus look so skinny recently?
06/02/12 Jake Shears received death threat Source: Monsters & Critics The Scissor Sisters frontman was shocked at the end of the group's last tour when he was told his security had been stepped up because of a menacing letter that had been sent to him, but he insists the correspondence didn't really worry him.
06/01/12 Summit eating disorder program opens 2 outpatient... Source: Sacramento Business Journal - Sacramento CA New Dawn Recovery Centers, which operates outpatient treatment programs in Sausalito and Roseville, expects to open in Sacramento soon.
06/01/12 More Women Using Social Networking Site Pinterest To... Source: CBS Local It's one of the most popular and fastest growing social networking sites online but some women are using Pinterest to feed their eating disorders.
06/01/12 More Women Using Social Networking Site Pinterest To... Source: CBS - KNX1070 - Los Angeles CA It's one of the most popular and fastest growing social networking sites online but some women are using Pinterest to feed their eating disorders.

Background on eating disorders

Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health.

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