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  1. first person
    Why Don’t We Talk About Eating Disorders and Pregnancy?I thought finding help navigating my changing body and relationship to food would be easy. In my third trimester, I’m still figuring it out on my own.
    By Ginny Hogan
  2. health
    When Your Kid’s Eating Disorder Is Mistaken for ‘Picky Eating’At 6, Hannah was diagnosed with ARFID, an eating disorder rooted in fear and anxiety. To get her to try new foods, her mother started filming her.
    By Isabel Ling
  3. artificial intelligence
    Turns Out Chatbots Aren’t Great at Eating-Disorder CounselingThe National Eating Disorders Association has disabled its helpline chatbot after it shared harmful advice with users.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  4. swellness
    ‘Wellness’ Was Never About Our Well-BeingIn The Wellness Trap, Christy Harrison goes deep on a wildly profitable industry that preys on vulnerable people who just want to feel better.
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. first person
    Going Hungry in the KitchenWhen it’s your job to feed everyone else, nobody ever suspects that you’re starving.
    By Zoe Denenberg
  6. celebrities
    Jackie Goldschneider Suggests Some Real Housewives Use Ozempic“I’m very very scared of what will happen if and when people have to go off this drug.”
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  7. health
    How Our Definition of Healthy Fails Black WomenWhat I’ve learned in my years as a dietitian.
    By Jessica Wilson
  8. health
    Could Magic Mushrooms Be the Drug to Finally Cure Eating Disorders?For young patients, lasting treatment can feel elusive. Psychedelics could change that.
    By Megan Zhang
  9. culture
    In ‘Corsage,’ Beauty Is a Hunger GameVicky Krieps’s interpretation of Empress Elisabeth of Austria uses food as a tool of repression and defiance.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  10. celebrity
    Demi Lovato Alleges ‘Brainwashing’ by Former Management“[I was] totally under the impression that if I don’t listen to this person … I’m going to lose everything.”
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  11. self
    It Took Me 18 Years to Eat Three Meals a DayThe comedian and star of E!’s Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? on finally overcoming a lifetime of eating disorders.
    By Nikki Glaser
    As told to Danielle Cohen
  12. self
    Why Ireland Baldwin Is Being Open About Her Plastic SurgeryThe model recently took to social media to share her frustrations about the response she got for sharing her “facetite” treatment for her lower chin.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  13. self
    Bella Hadid Regrets Her Nose Job“I think I would have grown into it.”
    By Danielle Cohen
  14. crime
    They Thought They Were Lucky to Get an AppointmentDr. Joseph Silverman was renowned for treating young girls with anorexia. But patients in his care allege he raped them repeatedly.
    By Claire Lampen
  15. culture
    Physical Takes an Unflinching and Unlikable Look at Eating DisordersRose Byrne’s self-hatred feels so real it’s difficult to watch.
    By Marianne Eloise
  16. how i get it done
    Mary H.K. Choi Is Jealous Her Fictional Characters Can Hang Out“I miss my sibling. I miss places. How dare you just willy-nilly go to each other’s houses and mouth kiss? It’s an affront.”
    By Katie Heaney
  17. winter olympics 2018
    Adam Rippon Opens Up About His Struggle With Eating DisordersThe Olympic figure skater used to subsist on a daily diet of three slices of whole grain bread with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
    By Amanda Arnold
  18. bad ideas
    People Hate the Google Maps Calorie CounterDistances are measured in mini cupcakes.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  19. mental health
    The Strange, Contagious History of BulimiaThe physician who wrote the first case report in the 1970s believes it was, at least in part, a social contagion.
    By Lee Daniel Kravetz
  20. politics
    Senator Compares Health-Care Bill to Eating DisorderThe “skinny repeal” joke went too far.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  21. mental health
    Pretty Little Liars Star’s Anorexia Battle Is Part of Why She Supports HillaryTroian Bellisario says Hillary views mental health care as part of health care.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  22. Zayn Malik Opens Up About His Struggle With an Eating DisorderIt was during his time in One Direction.
    By Lisa Ryan
  23. wellness theories
    Dara Torres on Living a Normal Life After 5 Olympics and an Eating DisorderThe retired swimming legend works out mainly for stress relief now.
    By Dara Torres
    As told to Susan Rinkunas
  24. Eating Disorders
    Penn State Football Player Reveals He Has an Eating Disorder in ‘Brave’ PostJoey Julius’s coach and teammates have voiced their support since the announcement.
    By Lisa Ryan
  25. ramadan
    For Muslims With Eating Disorders, Ramadan Can Pose a Dangerous ChoiceIllness is a valid excuse not to fast, but stigma against mental-health issues makes it trickier.
    By Angelina Chapin
  26. the brain
    The Neuroscience of Anorexia Reveals Why It’s So Hard to TreatThe behavior associated with the eating disorder is more like a habit than some kind of extreme willpower. 
    By Carrie Arnold
  27. first person
    Getting Engaged Meant Facing My Anorexia AgainAfter being proposed to, a terrifying thought appeared in my mind like skywriting: I’ll have to get in shape.
    By Kelsey Osgood
  28. laws
    How One State Is Improving Eating-Disorder CareMissouri becomes the first state to require that insurance companies cover comprehensive mental-health treatment for people with anorexia and bulimia.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  29. extreme measures
    How Models Are Skirting Those BMI Requirements“I even saw them put weights in their hair.”
    By Molly Oswaks
  30. Is It Possible to Make Comedy Out of Bulimia?Talking to Jessie Kahnweiler about her new, Jill Soloway–approved web series.
    By Dvora Meyers
  31. body issues
    Bulimia Comes Out of the ClosetA handful of women are starting a conversation that challenges the usual stereotypes and shame of bulimia.
    By Rachel Hills
  32. terrible made-up words
    Introducing ‘Pregorexia,’ a Word You Should Not RepeatLinguistically and medically, this is awful.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  33. food fighting
    The Women Who Dated Men With Eating DisordersStand by your man, but what if he’s anorexic?
    By Kayleen Schaefer
  34. campaign trail
    Modeling Agency Makes Creepy Anti-Anorexia AdsThey’re supposed to be creepy.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  35. reclaiming things
    Cat Marnell Reclaiming Bulimia Now“It’s part of being a woman.”
    By Kat Stoeffel
  36. body issues
    Franca Sozzani’s Harvard Speech on Thinness“What led us to establish that thin is beautiful and that thinness is the aesthetic code we should follow?”
    By Charlotte Cowles
  37. diet mom
    Dara-Lynn Weiss’s Book Publisher SpeaksVery cautiously.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  38. diet mom
    Dr. Joanna Dolgoff Responds to Dara-Lynn Weiss’s Vogue ArticleThe doctor who founded the Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right “nutritional program” defends herself.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  39. diet mom
    Diet Doctors Disapprove of Dara-Lynn Weiss, TooNamely, the doctor who developed the “Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right” diet that Weiss used on her daughter for Vogue.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  40. weighty issues
    Forcing Her 7-Year-Old Daughter to Diet Landed Dara-Lynn Weiss a Book DealHer book — a memoir — will be called The Heavy.
    By Alex Rees
  41. pinterestingly enough
    Pinterest Bans Pro-Anorexia and ‘Thinspiration’ BoardsThe company changed its acceptable use policy, effective April 6. 
    By Charlotte Cowles
  42. weighty issues
    A Mom’s Reaction to Vogue’s Story About a ‘Fat’ 7-Year-Old GirlWriter Dara-Lynn Weiss made her daughter lose sixteen pounds for Vogue’s “Shape” issue.
    By Mom De Guerre
  43. body issues
    The CFDA Releases Model Health Guidelines for Fashion WeekThese guidelines come out every year, but how much of a difference are they really making in addressing models’ eating disorders?
    By Amy Odell
  44. body issues
    Miss Universe Pageant Under Fire for Letting Super-Skinny Contestant CompeteStephanie Naumoska is five eleven and weighs 105 pounds.
    By Amy Odell
  45. inner city life
    The City Cannot Handle the Topic of Eating DisordersOur recap of last night’s episode is in!
    By Amy Odell
  46. body issues
    Tales From ‘Mademoiselle’: ‘Self-Starvation Was a Competitive Sport’There’s more where that came from in former ‘Mademoiselle’ editor Valerie Frankel’s new book.
    By Alexandra Phanor-Faury
  47. body issues
    Hot New Trend: Lose Weight With Intravenous Drips!Banana bags are IVs full of vitamins that enable people to eat less while getting nutrients.
    By Amy Odell
  48. body issues
    Do Runway Models Look Healthier This Season?The Associated Press thinks so. We’re still not sure.
    By Amy Odell
  49. loose threads
    New ‘Orgiastic’ Agent Provocateur Campaign Debuts; Sean Avery Gathers FlowersAlso, Anna Wintour visits the eating-disorder booth in the tents, and Eva Longoria Parker shills M&M’s.
    By Amy Odell
  50. Simon Doonan: Lack of Diversity on the Runways Is a Bigger Problem Than Thin ModelsHe thinks the thin phase will pass just like “that stupid walk” models used to do.
    By Jocelyn Guest
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