eating disorders

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.

The 20 brainiest people of 2010; clever Canadian ladies named to the Order of Canada; Facebook beats Google; anorexic model Isabelle Caro has died; and New York’s snowstorm disaster.

Canada mercifully doesn't crack the 25 fattest countries in the world; people who want their pets to die when they do; a new eating disorder; undiscovered Picasso paintings revealed; and what will kill you (if it doesn't make you stronger)

It's no secret that the images of models and celebrities that we see in magazines are heavily altered on computer programs like Photoshop before they make it to the newsstands. A few recent incidents have shown just how extreme the digital reworking has gotten: Ralph Lauren had to apologise after running an ad with an alarmingly thin model, and the blog Jezebel criticised Self magazine for their heavy-handed retouching of singer Faith Hill. But does all this reworking of women's bodies have serious health consequences?