Eating disorders can affect anybody, no matter their age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or body size. Yet the myth that eating disorders are "diseases of affluence" persists, and can mean ...

Anna Mockel was 14 and suddenly obsessed with losing weight. It was spring 2020, and she had just graduated eighth grade remotely. Housebound and nervous about the transition to high school that ...

Binge-eating disorder is the most prevalent eating disorder in the United States, but previous studies have presented conflicting views of the disorder's duration and the likelihood of relapse. A new ...

A recent study out of Dartmouth found that the use of a generative artificial intelligence mental health chatbot decreased symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders in the first randomized ...

Many people assume that recovering from an eating disorder is simply a matter of regaining weight or re-establishing healthy habits. But for anyone who has lived through it, the experience often ...

In A Nutshell Orthorexia is an obsession with “healthy” eating that can damage health and relationships. Because it looks like discipline and self-care, it often goes unnoticed or even praised. People ...

While weight-loss medications can help people who struggle with bulimia, they can negatively affect those with restrictive eating tendencies ...

Less than 10 minutes on TikTok can significantly harm a woman's mental health and increase the risk for developing an eating disorder, a new study suggests. The study — published August 7 in the ...

There's a better way of treating binge eating disorder, a new study argues. The method, called "regulation of cues," reduced patients' odds of binge eating by 20% compared to those who got standard ...

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