Shelli Yoder is executive director of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee and was a runner-up in the Miss America competition of 1993. A survivor of anorexia nervosa, she resides in Nashville with her family.
Articles by Shelli Yoder
Books
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
Most of us are sick and tired of hearing about eating disorders and the girls who obsess over food and fitness. It’s impossible to purchase a sack of groceries without passing a magazine asking which celebrities are anorexic while offering to help you shed seven pounds in seven days.
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