Health Mar 28 People of color with eating disorders face cultural, medical stigmas By Amna Nawaz, Diane Lincoln Estes
Health Jan 16 Can Instagram’s new tool really help users who self-harm? Is social media reporting the future of mental health treatment?… By Emily Wishingrad
Health Dec 29 The hidden, growing plight of eating disorders among men Only now are mental health professionals starting to realize the degree to which they have vastly underestimated eating disorders among men. By Laura Beil, STAT
World Apr 04 Watch 4:24 France votes to ban ultra-thin models in eating disorder crackdown Under a new law passed Friday, France will ban excessively thin fashion models, exposing agents and fashion houses that hire them to fines and even jail. Alissa Rubin of The New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from Paris via Skype. By PBS NewsHour
Health Mar 01 Fighting social media ‘thinspiration’ with messages of self-acceptance Type the terms #thinspiration, #thinspo or #ana into various social media networks, and a disturbing underground world comes into focus. Images of emaciated legs and protruding ribs are flanked by words like "starving for perfection" and drastic tips to drop… By Colleen Shalby