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The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council just issued new, stricter guidelines on pregnancy weight gain, but up to 20% of women don't gain enough weight, and some of them suffer from what one blogger calls "pregorexia." More »
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The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet (think of them as the poor man's Regis and Kelly) had a special segment this morning about "pregorexia," or having anorexia while being pregnant. The pair sat down with Brie Breivik, a woman with a history of anorexia who became pregnant, to illustrate the condition (one's a trend!) and decided to bombard her with idiotic questions. After Brie explained the psychological elements of eating disorders to Juliet, and talked about how the desire to eat is trumped by the desire to control, Mike asked her why she didn't have cravings for "pickles!" and other food. Well, Mike, maybe she didn't have psychological cravings for weird food because she had no psychological cravings for any food. That's called an eating disorder! And that is why she is on your show. Clip above. More »
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