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PS Picks: Adam Rippon’s Candid Conversation With the ‘New York Times’ About Body Image and Eating Disorders
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
Are Movies About Eating Disorders Fundamentally Uncinematic?
Netflix's To the Bone doesn't convey the solitude and paranoia of life with an eating disorder—but it's certainly not the first to twist reality.
The Youngest Casualties in the War on Obesity
School-based nutrition and BMI screenings are meant to improve the health of students, but emerging evidence shows that, not only aren't they helping, they also appear to be triggering deadly eating disorders in children. Now, a small group of activists is taking on the system—and making a difference.
Are Healthy Eating Programs at Schools to Blame for Eating Disorders?
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Can France Rein in Anorexia in Its Modeling Industry?
How will France's new regulations on models' weight affect a growing population of people with eating disorders?
The Hidden Sexism Lurking Behind the Pay Gap
Let’s stop arguing about how much of the pay gap is due to women’s “choices.” Those choices are often products of sexism hidden from view.
For Most Self-Proclaimed Dieters, There’s No Diet at All
New research from the Netherlands shows that about 60 percent of people claim to be dieting, but very few actually do it.
Binge Eating, Purging — and Aging
The popular perception of eating disorders like anorexia and binge eating usually identifies them with young women, but these illnesses don't go away at some magical age.