The biggest misconception of all is also the most harmful.

While some eating disorder signs immediately alarm parents, others are often obscured by the conditions' secrecy and complexity. Distinguishing these serious issues from typical teenage angst demands ...

People with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) can have different reasons for avoiding or limiting foods, such as sensory discomfort, fear of eating, or a lack of interest in food.

The health impacts of eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, are not only complex, affecting many different organ systems, but long-lasting, finds a large tracking study, ...

Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are both types of eating disorders. Both may start during adolescence and involve eating large amounts of food in a short period, but they have important ...

Food should nourish us, not consume us. This post explores how the pursuit of perfect nutrition can quietly undermine health.

We’re coming up on Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which will be Feb. 23 through March 1. Why is this week set aside each year to raise awareness? Every 52 minutes, one person dies as a direct ...

Disordered eating is the term used when these behaviors are not frequent and/or severe enough to meet an eating disorder diagnosis. Not everyone who engages in these behaviors will develop an eating ...

A pioneering international survey of people living with eating disorders has found that cannabis and psychedelics, such as ‘magic mushrooms’ or LSD, were best rated as alleviating symptoms by ...

Scope and response of survey The study analyzed responses from over 7600 self-allocated participants in 83 countries, making it the most comprehensive survey ever conducted on this topic. The research ...