Fat Shaming: Bullying or Not?
Shame is a terrible feeling, but Daniel Callahan, a bioethicist with the Hastings Center, believes that causing shame is the solution to obesity. Incredibly, he believes that heaping more stigmas […]
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Life in the Bulik Lab: A High School Student’s Perspective
As a high school student coming into the professional, working world of clinical work, labs, and office meetings, I will admit that there were times that I felt completely lost […]
Overweight Children and the Adults who (Unintentionally) Bully Them: Let’s Stop the Torment Today
Recently, The New York Times published an article by Harriet Brown which described the victimization that overweight children often face. We’ve all heard stories of peer bullying, but this article […]
Want to Change Your Attitude? Then Change What You See.
It’s the body image story we’ve all heard time and time again: women become frustrated and feel worse about their bodies when continually subjected to the thin ideal. Most magazines, […]
New Spring VHPs- Part 2
As the spring semester gets underway, we’re introducing our new VHPs (or “very helpful people”) who are joining the Bulik lab. Click here to read Part 1 from earlier in […]
New Spring VHPs – Part 1
This week marks the beginning of the spring semester at UNC-Chapel Hill, and we’re excited to introduce four new VHPs (or “very helpful people”) who are joining Bulik lab. Elise […]
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