Anorexia
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It wasn’t feminist theory that cured my anorexia – it was having something to eat forI was extremely lucky to have found a wonderful doctor who understood me and who I couldn’t outsmart
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Feminist reading really can help beat anorexia. It worked for meA study says that anorexic people feel less to blame for their condition after reading feminist theory. In my case, I have Susie Orbach to thank, writes freelance journalist Kate Leaver
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As a teenage boy with anorexia I couldn't find words to describe my mental illnessMental health: behind the label As a teenage boy with anorexia I couldn't find words to describe my mental illness
Dave ChawnerNot all silence on mental health problems is down to stigma. Sometimes it’s difficult to articulate what’s wrong -
Why don't men seek help for eating disorders?In the last six years, men admitted to hospitals for eating disorders increased by 70%, but experts believe many more are being overlooked
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Size-zero ban is proof fashion industry is finally listening to customersIt is too early to say whether LVMH and Kering’s ban on using size zero models will improve women’s health, but it is a sign the business is changing
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Wasting Away: The Truth About Anorexia review – a brutally honest accountThis heartfelt film reveals the pain and misery of families who have lived with the disease, and argues for better NHS treatment. Plus: a schmaltzy portrait of nonagenarian runners in The Pacemakers
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I was neither female nor starving myself. So how was I anorexic?Being a male patient on an eating disorders ward was isolating at times, but it was a life-changing experience, writes student Toby Symonds
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Mental health experts criticise new Netflix film about anorexic girlTo the Bone, starring Lily Collins, could glamourise eating disorders and should come with trigger warning, charities say -
‘I can’t fight anorexia any more. I’ve tried so hard’Pip McManus died three years after becoming ill with an eating disorder. Her parents explain how medical care failed their daughter
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Digital fakery? My dear, that is just so last year
Digital fakery? My dear, that is just so last year
Barbara EllenNew French laws to prevent the promotion of unrealistic ideas of beauty are well intentioned, but will they work?
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Fashion models in France need doctor's note before taking to catwalkNew law to counter promotion of unhealthily thin bodies will require media to state when photos have been manipulated
Letters: prisons fail us all – policy has to change