The health impacts of eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, are not only complex, affecting many ...
For the longest time, researchers focused on diagnosing and treating girls, but that is changing. By Matt Richtel For decades, eating disorders were thought to afflict mostly, if not exclusively, ...
For years, eating disorders were thought to predominantly affect women and girls. But it’s estimated that 1 in 3 people with the condition is male, and that 10 million American boys and men will ...
Oona Hanson is a writer, educator and parent coach who specializes in helping families navigate diet culture and eating disorders. A common misconception about eating disorders is that they afflict ...
Jason Wood was sitting in a restaurant on vacation with his husband, angry and upset because he couldn’t swap pita for fresh vegetables in his hummus plate. The pain wasn’t overblown, Wood said. It ...
Parents in eating disorder treatment are not the problem. They are the solution. Research consistently shows that family-based treatment, which positions parents as the primary agents of recovery, is ...
Up to 3.4 million people in the UK are affected by eating disorders, but while we keep a watchful eye on our teens (with the assumption that adolescents are most vulnerable), it's not always so. It's ...
Breanna Lepre works for The University of Queensland and is a member of Dietitians Australia. Breanna is neurodivergent and has lived experience of an eating disorder. Lauren Ball works for The ...
For young college women, scrolling through Instagram feeds often means looking at a barrage of photos featuring nothing but perfect skin, skinny toned bodies and beautiful hair. It all seems so ...