Providers said they are encountering patients seeking treatment for anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder who are ...
The renowned collegiate basketball players posted on TikTok about their journey managing their eating disorders in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE ...
The Wisconsin Eating Disorder Education and Community Foundation (WEDECA) is a new nonprofit working to eliminate the stigma around eating disorders and cultivate a culture of awareness to help people ...
“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...
This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this condition: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.
I am no longer ashamed! I want to share something personal, something near and dear to my heart. At the age of 15, I developed an eating disorder and have struggled with it for a quarter century. This ...
Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series covering disordered eating and diet culture. Getting diagnosed with an eating disorder happened by accident to Emily Boring. She went to her ...
In the United States, eating disorders are the second most deadly mental health issue (behind opioid use disorder). And they are more common than you may think, affecting about 9 percent of the U.S.
SHONA Sibary always prided herself on having a “good figure” – until she didn’t. The mum-of-four watched the scales slowly ...
If someone brought up the subject of eating disorders, it wouldn’t be surprising if the first thing that came to mind was an image of a slim caucasian woman. This stereotype can make it easy for Black ...
Obesity is the medical condition most frequently observed in people with eating disorders. It often coexists with binge-eating disorder and with some cases of bulimia nervosa. Obesity can precede the ...