Thin the Movie: The Reality of Eating Disorders


Updated 01/06/12 3:02 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 12 comments

Thin the Movie:  The Reality of Eating Disorders

Eating disorders affect 5 million people in the U.S. More than 10% of those diagnosed with anorexia nervosa will die from the disease. Seeking to put a human face on these sobering statistics, acclaimed photographer Lauren Greenfield went inside a Florida treatment center to tell the stories of four women who are literally dying to be thin. The devastating documentary film titled Thin, reveals Read more

4 Tribeca Docs With Sex Appeal


Updated 04/26/12 2:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tribeca Documentaries

This week is the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, and while there are plenty of indie rom-coms to catch our eye, it's the documentaries we're really dying to see. One film contrasts the women of the Miss India beauty pageant with the girls of a fundamentalist Hindu camp, another looks at our culture's obsession with beauty, and there's even one on the manscaping trend (with Jason Bateman and Will Read more