By NATALIE BULIK-SULLIVAN Published: December 30, 2014 2014 witnessed the release of a number of truly fantastic pop songs. Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off,” Bastille’s “Pompeii,” Sia’s “Chandelier,” and […]
By CRISTIN RUNFOLA Published: July 30, 2013 Part 1 Perhaps now more than ever, parents are plagued with contradictory advice and doubt about how to maintain their children’s health. While research […]
One of the first things I tell my patients struggling with an eating disorder or body image concerns is that when people say to you, “You look like you’ve gained […]
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 […]
A scrawny pre-teen walks into her family party, and her well-intentioned aunt forces a plate full of food into her hands and says, “Look at you! You are skin and […]
I recently wrote about the widespread use of body shaming in media campaigns and highlighted unflattering billboard images in Albany, New York sponsored by the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine […]
The latest statistics are sobering: in 2009-2010, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S. was 69 percent among adults aged 20 years and up and 32 percent among […]
