DocGuide News reported on a study from the medical journal Lancet. The subject? Surgery for morbidly obese children. The first question one might ask would be, how big is the problem? Data up to 2006 show that prevalence of childhood obesity doubled or trebled between the early 1970s and late 1990s in Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
EATING DISORDERS
Disorders of eating and body image...
Jezebel.com discusses eating disorders and “fitness” magazines: The hypocrisy of women’s “health” magazines becomes fairly obvious just by looking at their covers. For example, this month’s Self magazine features one cover line, “Be Happy And Healthy At Any Size” tucked below a much larger cover line: “3 Easy Ways To Lose Weight.” Now, that is [...]
