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Article: "Image-making" and healthcare experts join to promote healthy body image to prevent eating disorders; form "Body Image Council".
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- April 21, 1988
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"IMAGE-MAKING" AND HEALTHCARE EXPERTS JOIN TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BODY IMAGE TO PREVENT EATING DISORDERS: FORM "BODY IMAGE COUNCIL"
NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading members of the U.S. fashion, healthcare, fitness and publishing industries have joined a Long Beach, Calif., psychiatrist to form the Body Image Council to promote a realistic body image portrayal of women to prevent eating disorders.
In a meeting here the group joined psychiatrist and eating disorders specialist Adel A. Eldahmy, M.D. to help stem the epidemic of eating disorders. Together they plan to foster self-esteem among women through the recognition that a variety of body ...