My teen aged daughter had been visiting a friend and returned home with a popular women’s magazine. The front page featured a famous celebrity in a bathing costume, looking in good shape. Several pages into the magazine, the exposée continued with more celebrities, including ones known for their ‘hot’ bodies. The problem I had with [...]
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Women Food & God by Geneen Roth
Having recently finished reading this book, I must say that despite her very ‘wordy’ expressions of what could have been said in fewer sentences, Geneen has done well to simplify a subject that occupies over eighty percent of female conversation. Her guidelines for eating are not new but, what I refer to as ‘assertive eating’, [...]
Are Eating Disorders on the up?
It is estimated that 1.1 million people in the UK suffer from eating disorders. The numbers are higher in the USA. The majority are females aged between 12 and 24 years, although women of any age can develop a problem. The media is a wonderful communication and effective marketing tool but perhaps the same media that [...]
New Pressure on Men To Get ‘Boob’ Jobs
Male breast reduction is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the U.K. More and more men are turning to cosmetic surgery to get rid of ‘man boobs’. According to a report by the bbc, women aren’t the only ones unhappy with too-large breasts. For the second year in a row, male breast reduction surgery was the fastest [...]
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