Love Yourself, Love Life Group is a 6 week group for Young Women ages 13-18 yrs to strengthen self acceptance, self care and learn skills for increasing everyday happiness.

Dates: September 17, 2009 - October 22, 2009

Location: Bronson Centre (211 Bronson Ave), Rm 311

For more information and to register call 613-237-7427 ext. 204.

A photo measuring three inches by three inches in Glamour Magazine's September issue is creating quite the buzz. The photo, which features a ‘Normal-sized’ blond baring it all — has garnered international attention and is receiving big cheers from women around the world.

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A Wall Street Journal news reporter examines how weight-focused pressures on girls, as young as nine years old, prevent them from escaping society's obsession with body image later on in life.

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A recent article in the Ottawa Citizen summarizes a research study that has found that children as young as 10 years old are unhappy with their bodies, because of a heightened awareness of body image through the media:

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Worried about your daughter's body image?

Parents Act Now: An anorexia prevention program for parents is a:

• 6-week online program to prevent the development of Anorexia Nervosa in girls ages 11-16
• For parents who are concerned about under-eating, over-exercising, or lack of expected weight gain
• Includes: information about the development of eating disorders, skills training to support healthy eating and exercise behaviours;
• by addressing warning signs such as under-eating and over-exercising

Contact: Parents Act Now

Check out this fantastic video, produced and directed by the Columbia University Asian American Alliance: http://www.aaacolumbia.org/?page_id=36  

“It’s Not About the Food” (2008)
Kane, Esther
www.estherkane.com

Doctor David Kessler was the commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration under Presidents George Bush Senior and Bill Clinton. On his watch, the FDA brought in standardized ingredient and nutritional labels for packaged foods.

In a new book, Doctor Kessler thinks he has come a long way in understanding why so many of us can't seem to control our impulses when it comes to food. The book is called "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable North American Appetite" and David Kessler was in studio at CBC on The Current.

Jessie's Hope Society of British Columbia recently held a contest for youth ages 13-25, calling for video submissions that answered the question "what makes you beautiful?"

Winners have now been announced, and you can check out the great messaging on YouTube or through Jessie's Hope Society's website:

www.jessieshope.org/98.html

www.youtube.com/groups_videos?name=jessieshope 

Visit the Douglas Mental Health University Institute for the latest on the Quebec government's work to fight extreme thinness in the fashion industry:

http://www.douglas.qc.ca/news/details.asp?l=e&ty=a&id=522&yr=2009