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Campus

Resources to overcome eating disorders available year-round in Utah

By Belle Lewis
March 21, 2024 12:00 AM
Eating Disorder Awareness Week runs from Feb. 26 to March 3. Nationwide events are set to introduce resources available for survivors.
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Featured

Only 44.8% of Utah women with eating disorders sought help from medical professionals, research says

By Anna Hair
February 15, 2023 12:00 AM
A recent research snapshot done by the Utah Women and Leadership Project showed that less than half of Utah women diagnosed with eating disorders sought help with their diagnosis from healthcare professionals.
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Campus

BYU class teaches intuitive eating, body positivity

By Holly Cluff
June 02, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU psychology major Bella Lunt spent years trapped in a restrictive relationship. It gave her a lot of anxiety and she struggled to find a healthy solution. Ending the relationship wasn’t an option, because she couldn’t live without it.
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Featured

Instagram page shows BYU students they're not alone

By Kristine Kim
February 01, 2021 12:00 AM
Humans of BYU, a locally-run Instagram page based off the Humans of New York series, has taken Utah by storm.
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Food

Sugar addictions prominent in Mormon culture

By Marinda Risk
June 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Some Mormons tend to replace addictions such as coffee, tea, alcohol and drugs with a sugar. (Photo Illustration by Josh Ellis)
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Sports

Eating disorders not uncommon for collegiate athletes

May 18, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU dietician and nutritionist Rachel Higginson works in her office. Higginson has helped a number of athletes overcome eating disorders. (Maddi Driggs)
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Healthy Living

Professionals present 'Health at Every Size' as an alternative to dieting

By Coben Hoch
March 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Professor Merrill Christensen stands in front of a display of diets that may 'work, if all you're concerned about is getting weight off.' (Coben Hoch)
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Food

Provo-based eating disorder support groups offer hope

By Jenna Crowther
February 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Provo is home to more than 20 counselors and groups dedicated to helping people who suffer from eating disorders.
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Healthy Living

A new definition of beauty to be presented Thursday, February 25

By Coben Hoch
February 24, 2016 12:00 AM
Lindsay (left) and Lexie (right) Kite will be presenting on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (Matt Clayton Photography)
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Healthy Living

When healthy eating becomes disordered eating

By Danica Baird
July 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Jordan Younger, 'The balanced Blonde,' maintains a blog on healthy eating and living and shares instances of her experience with orthorexia.
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Healthy Living

France enforces new BMI law for fashion models

By Hannah Maines
June 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Fashion models in France must be above a certain body mass index (BMI), according to recently passed bill.
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Readers' Forum

Starvation culture: My sister's eating disorder

By Universe Contributor
January 30, 2014 12:00 AM
'Now, my own little sister is fighting that same battle.'
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Healthy Living

Pursuing the impossible

By Aricka Wilde
January 14, 2014 12:00 AM
Thin. But impossibly curvy. Straight smile. But impossibly white. Clear skin. But impossibly poreless. These images are plastered throughout our visual lives. They are a constant reminder of the unattainable standard set by the media: We must be and look perfect.
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