Beautiful women at greater risk for eating disorders Women who are physically more attractive than their peers are also more likely to be preoccupied with their weight, putting them at increased risk for eating disorders, according to results of a new study. This time of year, the air is filled with New Year's resolutions about losing weight. Although few had actually tried to lose weight, the team concludes that children are learning about body image and dieting from their parents, and from advertising on television and other media sources. Teens stuck in fast lane Stress builds as students' schedules grow crowded, edging out leisure, family time. Nancy Lieuallen, school psychologist at Aloha High School for the last decade, has seen the number of responsibilities teens juggle increase over the years.
Adults are way overextended today.
They are doing so much. And so are their children. They see each other in passing. I see the biggest problem today with kids as being what I call benign neglect. Lieuallen says that she has seen more students for eating disorders this year than ever before, an increase she attributes to rising stress.