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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

eating disorders

Former model Karin Bauman speaks at a Knesset Health Committee hearing on January 25, 2022. (Dani Shem-Tov/Knesset)
May 23, 2023, 4:54 pm
Former model Karin Bauman dies at 35 after years-long battle with anorexia
She was admitted to hospital at the beginning of the week with complications from pneumonia, after telling her mother a year ago she was giving up fight against disease
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image (iStock)
April 6, 2022, 2:42 am
As eating disorders among teens soar in pandemic, YA novel takes on grave issue
For debut work of fiction about anorexic high school girls, 25-year-old E.J. Schwartz draws on her own recent experience of social media-influenced devastating drive for thinness
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: Fatigue, brain fog, and depression are among the symptoms of long COVID. (Ridofranz vis iStock by Getty Images)
March 23, 2022, 5:06 am
Big data shows mental health issues spiked during pandemic among teen girls
Huge Israeli study reveals markedly higher rates of depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and associated medication among girls, though experts say boys impacted as well
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A young man is seen wearing a headset and playing an online video game. (DisobeyArt/iStock by Getty Images)
December 9, 2021, 7:36 pm
Game of foes: Israeli AI startup hunts ‘bad actors’ across the internet
ActiveFence says its solutions can help companies and organizations stay ahead of malicious content such as hate speech and child abuse
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative photo of the periwinkle blue ribbon, which symbolizes awareness for Acid Reflux (GERD), eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, esophageal and gastric disorders, pulmonary hypertension and stomach cancer. (iStock photos)
September 18, 2021, 4:51 am
New traditions help make Yom Kippur a safer time for Jews with eating disorders
While the holiday’s 25-hour fast can be problematic, advocates across the Jewish world are developing alternative rituals in line with Judaism’s religious principle of safety first
By Ella Rockart
Beatie Deutsch in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
May 24, 2019, 9:58 am
Haredi mother of 5 marathon champion Beatie Deutsch is running for a cause
From ‘out-of-shape’ mom to international success with Olympic hopes, 29-year-old uses her unique trajectory to raise funds for new center for sick teens following a family tragedy
By Michael Bachner
Judy Krasna
July 23, 2018, 3:56 pm
Judy Krasna
Does your child have an eating disorder?
Is he or she eating? Pay attention. These ailments do not resolve themselves, and they can be deadly
Judy Krasna
June 1, 2018, 8:43 am
Judy Krasna
To the girl whose life I saved last year
You are the reason I went public with my daughter’s eating disorder — I’m so glad your mom called me
Judy Krasna
May 4, 2018, 2:21 pm
Judy Krasna
‘Sinful’ chocolate cake? No such thing
Just don’t talk about food, diet, or weight — it’s too easy to trigger disordered eating, especially in kids
February 5, 2018, 3:20 pm
Inside anorexia
I cried when the carefully cultivated control that starving myself provided was totally shattered — and then I began to recover
Rachel F. Wanetik
August 13, 2017, 12:05 pm
Rachel F. Wanetik
Holocaust fat
‘Eat when you’re hungry,’ her new mantra flies in the face of her upbringing, and that’s just fine
Judy Krasna
June 13, 2017, 3:35 pm
Judy Krasna
Did you really just say that, doctor?
There are medical health professionals who really need to lose some weight bias
Judy Krasna
May 13, 2017, 11:53 am
Judy Krasna
Fitness trackers: Health or obsession?
For some personality types, counting steps is a dangerously unhealthy activity
The Persian version of 'Plate my Meal' plates (Courtesy)
September 21, 2016, 10:16 am
Iranians said keen on Israel’s obesity-busting plate
Israeli firm ‘Plate my Meal’ has created plates to guide parents on what to serve in fight against obesity; Tehran is interested too
By Shoshanna Solomon
Judy Krasna
February 25, 2016, 2:41 pm
Judy Krasna
Don’t apologize for eating!
All that talk of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food sends kids a message of shame about the very stuff that sustains life
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