BEDA Launched First Annual National Weight Stigma Awareness Week

The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) launched launched its first annual National Weight Stigma Awareness Week, September 26-30, 2011. The objectives of this event were to build awareness of what weight stigma is, the harmful effects weight stigma can have on people of all ages in all environments, and what can be done to stop it. [...]

Body Image #1 Issue for Youth

It’s official, young people are having major issues around body image, according to a survey of 50,000 young Australians by Mission Australia. Whilst the survey was conducted in Australia, I can bet that if the same survey was with US teens, the results would be mirrored. American and Australian teens, both from developed countries, are [...]

5 year old boy dares to dress as a girl, neighborhood moms freak.

I found this story about a “Boo” a 5 year old boy who decided to dress up as Daphne from Scooby Doo quite interesting and I think you will too. His mother has an awesome post on the “aftermath” of Halloween, but here are the highlights. The kid is concerned he will be made fun [...]

My Very Own Dakota Fanning

A few months ago my daughter and I were in Trader Joe’s, looking unkempt and bedraggled after some serious park time on a blustery, spring day.  Along with everyone else, we elbowed our way through the bottle neck at fruits and vegetables, continued bumper to bumper past meat, and finally arrived in frozen foods–a wide [...]

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: French fries are veggies?’[[[w

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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution –Real or Hype?

You must watch this program. For yourself and for your kids. Jaime Oliver’s Food Revolution premiered on Friday,  a show my family had been looking forward to for weeks. Usually, the promotions for these types of programs give away all the best stuff, but not in this case, not in the least. Goal: Overhaul the [...]

Parents Teasing Their Daughters about Weight

I am reading this great book by Valerie Frankel called “Thin is the New Happy” and in it she gives a very interesting statistic about parents and daughters. (The book is about the author’s life; how growing up she was tormented by her mom about her weight, i.e., put on Weight Watchers at the age [...]

Letter to my daughter: Mom has an eating disorder

Courageous & Brave. These are the two words I use to describe the post you are about to read. Love2EatInPA, a recovered binger who shared her story anonymously here on her blog at Confessions of a Complusive Eater. She and I discussed this topic quite a bit behind the scenes in the past few weeks, [...]

Play, Then Eat

While away last week, I saw this article (“Play, Then Eat:  Shift May Bring Gains at School”) in the New York Times and e-mailed it to myself to write a blog post about it, in the event that none of our other bloggers covered it first. We know that all around the country, due to [...]

Why Lady Gaga Is A Role Model for Girls

We’re all about original content at WeAretheRealDeal. But when I saw this post on Facebook (via Courtney Martin, author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters, which I reviewed here), I couldn’t help but share this kick-ass article by Lilly @ RachelSimmons.com.

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