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February 23, 2012
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Craving Control: student to share her story of a ten-year battle with anorexia at upcoming lecture on eating disorders
In a country with a $40 billion diet industry and an advertised body type that only five percent of American females naturally possess, eating disorders permeate American culture and have the highest mortality rate of any mental disease. Whether binging, purging or avoiding food entirely, 24 million people in the US suffer from eating disorders, 95% of whom are between the ages of 12 and 25, according to the Renfrew Center Foundation.
Though stereotypes of eating disorders may conjure up images …
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News
- Experienced novices lift Peaslee Debate Society to dominant season
- Center for innovation and leadership envisioned in Strategic Planning
- Green advisors approved for compensation
- Events Menu
Living & Arts
- The Oscars return with an eye towards the past
- Natalia Cote-Muñoz
- Eating at Swarthmore: fresh ideas for dining options
- Exhibit provides List interns with curating opportunity
- Barkin’s interactive theater thesis sparks excitement
- Fair Food Farmstand offers up local treats at Reading Market
- Searching for the best sex toy for the biggest joy
- Health and Wellness program unveils new Wellness Lounge
Opinions
- Politicizing the female body: the war on women’s health
- Contextualizing new media and partisanship today
- Why there should be broader engagement with queer issues
Sports
- Underclassmen highlight Championships performance
- New rules set to change soccer’s balance of power
- Michael Giannangeli
- Haverford beats women’s basketball, heads to playoffs
- Conference title the only goal for Garnet baseball
- Men’s basketball defeats Haverford on Senior Day



