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10 Sep 2014:
A study suggests that African American women in the US have a different picture of what unhealthy weight looks like than medical experts, prompting suggestions that pictures should be more widely used with health messages to counter the new normality of excess weight
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1 Sep 2014: Physical scrutiny of female pop artists is intense, but stars such as Meghan Trainor, with her breakthrough chart smash, are fighting back with fierce celebrations of flesh, says Caroline Sullivan
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12 Aug 2014:
Tamzin Outhwaite says princesses with tiny waists waiting to be rescued by men was not a good role model for her daughters
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4 Aug 2014:
Hadley Freeman: Waxing, shaving, plucking and threading – most women go through the torture. But there's only one way to find out whether you genuinely want to – give up the razors for a week or two
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31 Jul 2014: Lauren Cochrane: New research suggests our feet are getting bigger. What’s more, we’re ignoring it, preferring instead to squeeze our feet into smaller shoes. Are our feet the next victims of ‘vanity-sizing’?
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30 Jul 2014:
Suzanne Moore: I am all for equal-opportunity desire, but I have no wish for men to be subjected to the same pressures as women
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28 Jul 2014: Hadley Freeman: Obsession over celebrity bums stems from racist sexualisation of black women, and now white Kim's unique attribute has made her fodder for fashion magazines' lascivious urges
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28 Jul 2014: High street fashion store Primark forced to remove mannequin with protruding ribs from its store after receiving criticism for its unhealthy shape
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24 Jul 2014:
Kathryn Hughes: For years I had a perfectly serviceable prejudice against body art. But now nice people are inking up. Even Evan Davis
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24 Jul 2014: Laura Bates: Strangers passing comment on women's food choices is another sinister way to exert control over female bodies – let us eat what we like in peace
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19 Jul 2014: It's no surprise sales of Barbie are continuing to fall - she's out of step with the modern world
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17 Jul 2014:
Some blame the emergence of such an extreme label on 'vanity sizing' but this ignores the wider problem
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16 Jul 2014: Bella Mackie: The trend for women to embrace our physical ‘flaws’ such as hairy legs still buys into the idea that our bodies are up for scrutiny
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11 Jul 2014: The US retailer claims its new 000 size will appeal to 'smaller-boned' women. In reality, this clothing would fit a healthy eight-year-old
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1 Jul 2014:
Study of 4,000 children finds majority of 10- and 11-year-olds are trying to control their weight
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