anorexia

This time, his target is beautiful women. Dr Sigman has published a paper in the Biologist suggesting that media images lead young girls to develop anorexia. I can’t find his actual paper (I think you have to be a member of the The Biologist website to access research papers), so if anyone can...

Take a look at this latest example of photoshopping via Ann Taylor and explain to me why this was necessary. Seriously, why? She already looked perfectly fine. The picture was already perfectly fine. Was it just to dewrinkle the outfit and they got carried away? Did they have an art staff that...

I am currently in a debate with a friend who is/has suffered from anorexia. She claims it is a disease and I do not on the grounds that it is a conscious action that you have conditioned yourself for. Similar to Alcoholism. I know a lot of experts and psychologists consider it a disease but I...

They say that THC stimulates the appetite. Has there been any serious studies if something as simple as pot can cure anorexia? I mean, the disease anorexia is pretty easy - too little food.

In another thread http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2636819&postcount=409 Bolding and italics mine In the linked thread I have been pedantically stating that addictions are behavioral in nature and pedantically engaged in many discussions on other issues, I was arguing...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=043C2A4B43E04178CC4D160094980B01 This was somewhat obvious to me. The way eating disorders are portrayed is skewed, its always some woman who is recovered (but never fat), saying how she went to the hospital for a few months and...

So how do laxatives make you lose weight? Of course, I can see how you could lose some weight, like a kilogram at the most through throrough bowel evacuations. But surely you cant lose serious weight, lose fat, by taking laxatives? Unless the food just passes straight through without being...