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Opinion: NYU’s nutrition curriculum should not promote diet culture

For a class titled “Nutrition and Health,” the professor and the syllabus promote rather unsettling, unhealthy eating attitudes.

Annabelle Thompson, Contributing Writer • October 12, 2022

Content warning: This article contains mentions of eating disorders. My heart sank when I read my Nutrition and Health syllabus. I thought that as a nursing major, I would be...

Stop Celebrating Disordered Eating Habits

While there is a distinction between disordered eating and eating disorders, disordered eating is still incredibly toxic, and celebrating it only wreaks havoc on one’s health.

Helen Wajda, Deputy Opinion Editor • March 8, 2020

Content warning: this article discusses eating disorders. Over the past year, Adele’s dramatic weight loss has sparked headlines. As more photos of the singer have emerged,...

NYFW Highlights an Unhealthy Body Image

Skinny models can create an unrealistic body image for young viewers. This notion is reaffirmed by NYC’s very own fashion week.

Lucia Kassela, Staff Writer • February 18, 2020

New York Fashion Week is a semiannual string of shows which take place in September and February used to showcase international fashion collections. New York serves as one of four...

Food Consumes Us

Liv Chai, Dining Editor • April 16, 2018

It’s a food lover’s dream to write about food and read about it as often as I do. Reading about ungodly cheese creations and finding what restaurant I should surrender all...

The Unhealthy Relationship You Aren’t Warned Enough About

Liv Chai, Dining Editor • April 15, 2018

Our complicated relationship with food is an intricate one that needs some serious unearthing.

Social Media: The Enemy of Body Positivity

Alison Zimmerman, Deputy Opinion Editor • March 19, 2018

Eating disorders are on the rise and social media may be to blame.

Government Fashion Policing Targets the Wrong Issues

Akshay Prabhushankar, Staff Writer • April 11, 2016

Government intervention seeks to protect vulnerable young women from physical and mental health disorders and to promote the celebration of all body types.

French law must attack root of problem

Annie Cohen, Deputy Opinion Editor • April 8, 2015

France's new law on mandatory minimum BMIs for models partially combats the problem of eating disorders among young people, but more must be done to attack to the root cause of the problem.

Awareness Week events bring light to serious issues

WSN Editorial Board • February 24, 2015

NYU's active approach to the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week is a welcome first step toward university wide improvements to eating disorder prevention.

Guide to common mental health conditions

Emily Bell and Hannah Treasure • September 25, 2014

Eating Disorders What are some identifying signs? Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders vary in symptoms — restrictive eating; binge eating; self-induced vomiting; abuse...