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Lively Women

May 29th, 2007

Is Winner Jordin Sparks Too Fat to Be the American Idol? NAAO Says Yes!

More on the debate concerning American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. MeMe Roth, president and founder of National Action Against Obesity, appeared on the Fox News Channel last week, shortly before the American Idol Season Six finale.
This wouldn’t be particularly exciting, since she seems to be on Fox News constantly, except that this time, she said […]

By Kristen King -- 36 comments

January 22nd, 2007

Magazines Associated with Unhealthy Dieting in Teen Girls

The results are in: Teen girls who read magazines with articles about diet and weight loss are considerably more likely to use unhealthy dieting practices (such as purging, abusing laxatives) both as teens and as adults.
Reports WebMD,
The girls who had most often read magazine articles about dieting and weight loss five years earlier were […]

By Kristen King -- 3 comments