"I am curently researching the e-dieting phenomena, specifically, online slimming clubs, such as weightwatchers.co.uk. This is a new topic and as such I have had difficulty finding scholarly research on the topic -- do you have any ideas of where I might look?" I believe there is some literature on the negative aspects of 'extreme' slimming clubs - pro-ANA sites for example but none of it comes to my hand. He's particularly interested in the commercial aspects but would also be interested in diet/nutrition articles. Please email a.a.macdougall@lse.ac.uk or this list with any references you have. --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)