Signs you may have anorexia include restricting the types and amount of food you eat, obsessive calorie counting, and having a fear of gaining weight.

Anorexia Nervosa is a potentially life-threatening social and psychological eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. The majority of suffers are female, but there ...

In the United States, as many as 10 million females and one million males have an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia. I am one of them - I was diagnosed with anorexia at 42 after ...

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include ...

DAYTON — Throughout National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Centerville psychologist Dr. Meredith Glick Brinegar has provided insight into the mental illnesses, at a time when the National Eating ...

If you’ve ever held a newborn baby, you may have noticed a layer of soft, downy hair over their body. This hair, known as lanugo, usually goes away within a couple of weeks. But lanugo can also show ...

Below is important new information. Previously it was thought that bone problems associated with Anorexia weren’t a problem until people got older. This new research indicates that it is an immediate ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescent girls with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa may reach normal height once they recover from the disease, new research suggests. However, growth may be ...

After being called chubby as a teenager, Karen Carpenter began dieting. When she slimmed down from 145 to 120 lbs., her friends and family praised her weight loss. It was only after her weight ...

Anorexia nervosa, also called anorexia, is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder that is characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. The disorder is diagnosed when a person ...