Body Image Stories
From time to time media outlets publish interesting stories on body image. These stories are great discussion starters for key influencers. The stories are presented as links to the original publisher. From time to time the publisher may remove stories, we will try to ensure links are active but if you find one that isn’t please let us know.
Web Story links
- Helping children fight eating disorders (Source: CTV Ottawa)
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/helping-children-fight-eating-disorders-1.1107445 - BodySense workshop shares tips on guiding young athletes' self image
http://www.bodysense.ca/files/pdfs/TSM.ON.TheManitoulinExpositor.LittleCurrent.pdf - Athletes prone to eating disorders MDs told (Source: CBC News)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/02/25/ottawa-athlete-eating.html - Inside one boy's anorexia: 'How can I burn the most calories?' (Source: CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/03/young.boys.anorexia/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1 - Michael Phelps' 12,000 Calorie-a-Day Diet Not for Everyone (Source: Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403803,00.html - Muscle Dysmorphia and Bigoriexia: Becoming the next muscle man (Source: The Charlatan)
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/muscle-dysmorphia-and-bigoriexia-becoming-next-muscle-man - Do you have an Adonis Complex? (Source: Mail Online)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-124994/Do-Adonis-complex.html - Disorders Linked to Steroid Use (The Harvard Crimson)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/4/24/disorders-linked-to-steroid-use-a/ - Women in sports: The ugly paradox (Source: The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/women-in-sports-the-ugly-paradox/article1290326/ - Kentucky football coach indicted in prep player's death (Source: USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-01-22-coach-indicted_N.htm - Girls' feelings about body weight affect condom use (Source: The Globe and Mail)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/girls-feelings-about-body-weight-affect-condom-use/article1352898/ - BodySense: An Evaluation of Positive Body Image Intervention on Sport Climate for Female Athletes (Source: Eating Disorders)
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/10640260802115910 - Dieting among preadolescent and young adolescent females (Source : Canadian Medical Association Journal)
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/10/1559 - Abandoning Routine Body Composition Assessment: A Strategy to Reduce Disordered Eating Among Female Athletes and Dancers (Source: Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine and the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine)
http://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Citation/2001/10000/Abandoning_Routine_Body_Composition_Assessment__A.13.aspx - NATA Publishes Position Statement On Disordered Eating Among Athletes (Source: Medical News Today)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99592.php