Eating disorder

Following the release of shocking figures that more than half of the UK’s hospital admissions for eating disorders were under-20 and some of those under-10, social media has copped much of the blame for contributing to the development of eating disorders in “the Facebook generation”. Teen and pre-teen eating disorders are on the rise with […]

Already one of the most common chronic disorder affecting young girls, eating disorders are starting to strike at a younger age with children as young as seven being admitted to hospital for treatment. Data from the UK shows that more than 50 under ten-year-olds were admitted to hospital with eating disorders in the past year, […]

Victoria’s Secret model Anja Rubik has been accused of promoting anorexia and starvation after she showed off her skeletal figure in a skimpy white dress at the Met Gala on Monday night. Anja, 28, walked the red carpet in a daring silk Anthony Vaccarello gown, which was slashed to the waist to show off her […]

The pressure to be thin has claimed a young model’s life, with British teen covergirl Bethaney Wallace dying in her sleep after a battle with anorexia. Bethaney, 19, died of suspected heart failure on April 18 after her weight plummeted to just 38kg. The beautiful teen from Newmarket, Suffolk, was 12 when she started modelling […]

The pressure to be thin has claimed another young model’s life, with British teen covergirl Bethaney Wallace dying in her sleep after a battle with anorexia. Bethaney, 19, died of suspected heart failure on April 18 after her weight plummeted to just 38kg. The beautiful teen from Newmarket, Suffolk, was 12 when she started modelling […]

The author of a controversial children’s diet book which targets children as young as four-years-old, is “amazed” by the outrage it has provoked. Paul Kramer, the author of Maggie Goes on a Diet, has defended his independently published book about a heavily overweight 14-year-old girl who becomes a school football star after losing weight. Kramer […]