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A call for the CDC to track eating disorders
A coalition led by Harvard’s Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) is asking the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to monitor eating disorders as a part of national disease surveillance efforts.
Models report agency pressure to lose weight
Sixty-two percent of models have been told by their agencies to lose weight, according to a new study.
Taking aim at ‘plus’ size clothing for children
Stores and manufacturers who sell children’s clothing labeled as “plus,” “husky,” or even “slim” size may be contributing to discrimination and shaming of overweight or even thin or small youngsters, a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
This Week in Health: Antibiotic resistance, eating disorders, kidney stones and roller coasters
In this week’s episode: The "fundamental threat" of antibiotic resistance, why anti-obesity efforts may backfire in some cases, and scientists identify a dizzying treatment for kidney stones.
This Week in Health: Making the modeling industry safer
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California introduces legislation to regulate modeling industry
California legislators are weighing a new law that would create health standards and workplace protections for professional models.
A call to regulate starvation of 'Paris thin' models
Boston, MA ─ Prohibiting runway models from participating in fashion shows or photo shoots if they are dangerously thin would go a long way toward preventing serious health problems among young women—including anorexia nervosa and death from starvation—according…
Advertising’s toxic effect on eating and body image
March 18, 2015 — People often claim to ignore advertisements, but the messages are getting through on a subconscious level, pioneering author and ad critic Jean Kilbourne told an audience at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public…
NCAA highlights teaching case on eating disorders among college athletes
A new teaching case developed by the STRIPED program (Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health exploring issues around eating disorders among college athletes was chosen by the NCAA Sport…
New strategies needed for preventing eating disorders
August 6, 2013 — The U.S. health care system needs more trained professionals and prevention specialists to take on the often overlooked―and sometimes deadly―issue of eating disorders. “Eating disorders need to be higher up on the public health agenda,”…
