Social media fuel dangerous weight-loss goal
Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous weight-loss goal: to become so slender that their thighs don't touch even when their feet are … Read more on Pocono Record
Websites fuel pursuit of risky weight-loss goal
(AP) – Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous weight-loss goal: to become so slender that their thighs don't touch even when their feet … Read more on Philly.com
Career women fight evil genie in a bottle
Says Jurgen Rehm, director of social and epidemiological research at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and coauthor of the paper: "While a cardio-protective association between alcohol use and ischemic heart disease exists, it cannot be … Read more on New Zealand Herald
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