anorexia

After a five-year struggle with anorexia, singer Marilou (our July Ms. Chatelaine) left her career to focus on transforming her relationship with food. Selling 175,000 cookbooks in Quebec alone is just a bonus.

Anorexia isn’t just a teenager’s problem -- a heartbreaking new study out of the U.K. shows that it affects kids as young as five, and that 197 children under nine have been treated for it in the past three years.

In today’s news: the problem with Google Recipe Search; men will pay for dates with pretty ladies; Berlusconi calls Clooney as witness; why breakups hurt; and the disturbing rise of eating disorders in older women.

In today’s news: a guidebook for moms of supermodel wannabes; Elizabeth Taylor passes away at 79; young white women like weed; sex and exercise DO cause heart attacks; and an update on the Colonel Williams case.

In today’s news: What to do when you can’t afford a social engagement; women in provincial politics; the mystery of erratic clothing sizing, explained; MacDonald’s gets bumped from number one; and a new hormone diet fad sweeps the U.S.