A history of higher weight is common in individuals seeking treatment for eating disorders. Among these individuals, a large group is diagnosed with atypical anorexia nervosa (AN). The Diagnostic and ...

Anorexia nervosa, often simply referred to as anorexia, is a severe and potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. The disorder affects ...

The famous British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once said that “the human body is the best picture of the human soul”. Without a healthy body, no one ca ...

Each year, the last week of February is recognized as Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In the days leading up to it, my inbox ...

The team, composed of Scripps Research Professor Nicholas Schork, a genomics researcher and director of biostatistics and bioinformatics with Scripps Translational Science Institute (a collaboration ...

"I've had many patients come to me with restrictive eating patterns, but they say like, I'm not trying to lose weight, you know, restricting for some other reason. And when I tell them you do actually ...

Eating disorders are among the many illnesses that are not easily identifiable, making it difficult to recognize who may be struggling and require support. They are complex mental health illnesses ...

ABC7's Healthbeat reporter Sylvia Perez took a look at different perspectives that involve not only the cause, but also the treatment. Caroline says it only took one mean 'fat' comment from a ...

I have a babbling baby who currently loves to eat nearly anything. (Watching her smear avocado onto her nine-month-old face is a genuine evening highlight.) But since I’m a contemporary parent with ...