Kim and Kate: Baby Watch 2013
By KATE NOWLAN Published: July 18, 2013 Since “Baby Watch 2013” began for both the royal heir and the heir to reality television fame, few escaped the virtually ubiquitous coverage of […]
Category Archives: Commentary
Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes
By CHRISTINE PEAT Published: July 8 2013 There seems to exist an all too frequent reminder that women have many obstacles to overcome with regard to issues like equal pay, objectification […]
Why I tweet
This spring I developed a workshop titled “Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Oh My! Safe and Ethical Social Media Use in Eating Disorder Clinical Practice and Research” with Dr. Jenny Thomas, […]
Celebrating Body Diversity
Rare is the opportunity to applaud editors on their decisions about who graces the covers of their magazines. Typically we are inundated with page after page of conventional images of […]
Eating Disorders on Popular TV Shows
Glee fans have spent this season getting to know a new character named Marley. Marley is a sophomore who falls prey to the cruel torment of a fellow Glee club […]
In Public Health, Not All Publicity Is Created Equal
The amount of media coverage related to obesity is staggering. Today, one can hardly watch the morning news without hearing stories about the latest predictor of excessive weight-gain or seeing […]
