http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Self-perceived masculinity is higher in men with muscle dysmorphia, popularly called 'bigorexia', than other gym users, while men with anorexia nervosa relate more strongly to feminine stereotypes, research contributed to by the University of Sydney has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anorexia-bigorexia-men-perceptions-masculinity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:45:28 EST news283589120 (AP)—When Margaux Stelman began modeling a few months ago, she always had her sister Aline in mind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-israeli-law-aims-ultrathin-obsolete.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:41:15 EST news276968468 Genetics may make some women more vulnerable to the pressure of being thin, a study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders has found. From size-zero models to airbrushed film stars, thinness is portrayed as equaling beauty across Western culture, and it's an ideal often cited as a cause of eating disorder symptoms in young women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-women-genes-pressure-thin.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:02 EST news268408283 (HealthDay) -- The food choices young girls make could help doctors predict if they are at risk for developing an eating disorder as teenagers, according to a new study that analyzed food diaries compiled over the course of a decade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-preteen-food-choices-disorders.html Health Thu, 31 May 2012 19:20:01 EST news257706848 A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their bodies report higher levels of self-esteem. They may also be protected against the negative behavioral and psychological factors sometimes associated with being overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-overweight-teens-bodies-depressed-prone.html Pediatrics Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:30:02 EST news254765922 Children with thinner parents are three times more likely to be thin than children whose parents are overweight, according to a new study by UCL researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-parental-weight-strongly-thinness-children.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:13:45 EST news236880817