Having a good relationship with your mom may benefit more than your emotional health. Bonding with your mom could actually keep you thin, according to a new study. After tracking 977 children, researchers found that toddlers who lacked strong emotional bonds with their mothers were twice as likely to become obese by the age of ...
Thought the doctor’s surgery was somewhere you could be yourself and seek help, free from judgment? Think again. A Yale University study reveals health care professionals, including doctors, nurses and dieticians, routinely stereotype their heavy patients. Not only do they stereotype by assuming unrelated health concerns are due to people’s weight, they also make judgments ...
With the series of sudden deaths of skinny models and the realization that not all women are a size 2, magazines have decided to feature plus size models. Take a quick tour of Glamour Magazine’s website and you’ll find a section called “Body Image.” There you will find pictures of plus-sized women and Body-Confidence Secrets. ...
People tend to believe the things they hope for the most, and the things they are the most afraid of, which is why many of us are convinced that we will die at an early age from cancer, diabetes or heart failure. Yet the media is full of good news for us hypochondriacs (also known ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
