Eating Disorder Research

Who are the celebrities with eating disorders? I'm just surprised that as there are actually so many of them as I scour the net, reading about their stories. Here is a list of them who have eating disorders and who eventually admitted to having a problem, despite their initial reluntance to admittance of a problem: Nicole Richie Mary-Kate Olsen Jane Fonda Sally Field Carre Otis Paula Abdul Victoria Beckham Justine Bateman Joan Rivers Leila Pahlavi Whitney-Houston Courtney Thorne-Smith Dawn Langstroth Do these celebrities really look all that glamourous? They may with their designer wear on the red carpet. But at the height of their eating disorders, they look ghastly!

I have decided to turn this to a blog due to the recent debate on skinny models.  How skinny should models be? How should they look like? Models no longer just look thin; they look waiflike in this season's fashion catwalk. They seemed even skinnier than in previous years. Increasingly, observers are beginning to worry as these fashion shows are sending the wrong signals to many young and impressionable women. It is obvious that seeing super-thin models can play a role in causing anorexia and bulimia.  In fact, there is now widespread concern that model thinness has progressed from willowy to wasted.  Concerns now hit a threshold as evidenced by the recent actions of fashion show organizers. Many of them have decided to ban overly skinny. Young girls are being bombarded with the message that they need to be super-skinny to be sexy in order to look good or be accepted.  Rail-thin models, such as Twiggy, the '60s fashion icon was the exception. But now the norm is skinny models all over the place. It also does not help that pictures of celebrities such as Nicole Richie is on every tabloid magazine and newspaper.