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Eating Disorders
While it's true that eating disorders are most common in teenage girls, 10% of cases affect men, and it's not uncommon for the problem to develop in middle age. Eating disorders are often blamed on social pressure to ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Eating Disorder
Teenage girls are at the greatest risk of developing anorexia, and parents may miss many of the signs. They may not share their feelings about their body with you. They may also exercise, vomit and take laxatives ... [... more]
BBC |
Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein's bestselling Schoolgirls is the classic study of teenage girls and self-esteem. Now Orenstein uses the same interviewing and reporting skills to examine the lives of women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. ... [... more]
Random House |
Toni Weschler
Toni Weschler, MPH, is a nationally respected women's health educator and speaker and the author of Cycle Savvy, a book for teenage girls about their bodies. A frequent guest on television, Internet, and radio shows, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Kerry-Ann Morris
Kerry-Ann Morris was diagnosed with endometriosis in the summer of 1999. In September 2002, she founded the Unveiling Endometriosis Project, whose mission is to educate women, teenage girls, and their loved ones ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
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