The Fashion Industry and Eating Disorders

Nikolett Bogár graduated from Semmelweis University, Hungary, and is a pharmacist in the same city. Formerly, she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, and won Elite Model Look Hungary in 2008, which launched her modeling career. In 2011, she started full-time modeling on the international market and worked for fashion houses such as Giorgio Armani, Chanel, and Dior amongst others. She quit modeling in 2013 and started further education. Her research interests focus on the sociocultural background of eating disorders, especially the role of the fashion industry in the maintenance of the slimness ideal. Several of her articles on this topic have been published. Ferenc Túry, MD, PhD is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and has been Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the Institute of Behavioral Sciences of Semmelweis University, Hungary, since 2001. He attended Debrecen Medical School and Kossuth University of Debrecen, Hungary. Between 2007 and 2016, he was the Chair of the Institute of Behavioural Sciences at Semmelweis, and his main fields of interest are psychosomatics, eating disorders, and family therapy. He has published more than 350 original papers, including 13 books.