Dr. Alexandra F. Corning is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame, where she researches eating disorders and body image problems. Specifically, her research focuses on adolescent girls and preventing the development of...
Good Morning America Taylor Call, a six-year-old from Houston, Texas, is making headlines because she thinks she is overweight. After a cruel comment from another girl at her school, Taylor asked her mother, “Mommy, why is my tummy so fat?” Why did Taylor...
The article, ‘Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute After All’, appeared in the New York Times on March 22. It summarizes several recent studies that have suggested that patterns of childhood obesity may form as early as infancy. Some of the experts quoted recommend...
