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Slice of Life: Relinquishing a pageant title to promote a body image awareness campaign

It's a story many women in the beauty industry have lived to tell: A beauty pageant contestant struggles with an eating disorder and enters a rehabilitation program.

Tags: Hoai-Tran Bui, beauty, body image, awareness, American University, Kaitlyn Dinneh Wozniak

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Virginia to arm parents in fight against eating disorders

Supporters are calling a new Virginia law a first step in tackling the growing problem of eating disorders.

Tags: psychology, Virginia General Assembly, Dickie Bell, Virginia schools, Paula Wolfson

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Slice of Life: Carylynn Larson, fighting against calorie counting

Carylynn Larson, 33, founded the D.C. nonprofit Rock Recovery to help individuals living with eating disorders after her own disorder left her looking for help that didn't exist.

Tags: Slice of Life, Rock Recovery, health, therapy, Alex Beall

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