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Pentagon Bans Ephedra Products
Web Sites Promote Anorexia and Bulimia as 'Lifestyle
From Fat Chance
to Fat Chic by Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman explores the controversy: Can a Jazzercise instructor be fit
and fat?
March 31, 2002
Letters Sent to
Fat Kids' Parents
Some schools have sent letters in an effort to "encourage parents to
change their children`s eating habits and help them get more excercise."
March 21, 2002
IRS Recognizes
Obesity as a Disease
In a groundbreaking decision, the IRS has recognized "obesity as a
disease" and will allow "taxpayers to claim weight loss expenses as a
medical deduction." April 2, 2002
Facts About
Eating Disorders
Pauline Powers, MD provides recent statistics about eating disorders and a
compares US funding for eating disorders with funding for other mental
health issues.
Recent Clinical
Findings
Research laboratories
are busily studying a number of animal models of anorexia nervosa that may
ultimately help us prevent these disorders and better treat individuals
who succumb to them.
Did You See Us On
Oprah?
Holly Hoff, Director
of Programs at the National Eating Disorders Association, was featured as
a guest expert on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Thursday, October 4, 2001.
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