Lauren McCool founded Lauren's Letters of Love, a local nonprofit that gives back to those recovering from treatments and ...

Long overlooked in women 40 and older, midlife eating disorders are going up. Eating disorder specialists cite hormonal ...

Current diagnostic criteria for eating disorders fail to capture a broad range of weight-loss behaviors characteristic of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa ... in assessing key behaviors, they are ...

The parents of a teenager who starved to death alone in emergency accommodation believe that multiple agencies failed in ...

Anorexia gained attention among the general public in the late 1970s with the publication of Hilde Bruch’s “The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa,” followed by Steven Levenkron’s ...

An 18-year-old Kerala girl, suffering from severe anorexia, died while undergoing treatment at the Thalassery Co-operative Hospital. Sree Nanda, a native of Meruvambai, had reportedly avoided ...

Specifically for anorexia nervosa, studies show that around 4% of women and 0.3% of men suffer from the disorder, "but if you look at individuals who may not meet the full criteria of anorexia ...

Then I looked at my own reflection. When I was not much older than Madelyn, I could only see myself as “the girl with anorexia.” Now, at this point in my recovery, I know I am so much more.

Check on school resources for your child. Anorexia may interfere with their ability to succeed in school. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Civil Rights Act can help ...

Jenni Matters had anorexia nervosa for two years before taking her own life. Before her death, a nurse told the young woman she was "so skinny" and asked her for diet advice.

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition presented a neurobiological model supporting a therapeutic ketogenic diet (TKD) for anorexia nervosa (AN). This model integrates ...

Teeth and Gums One study reported that patients who self-induce vomiting were 5.5 times more likely to experience dental erosion compared with healthy individuals without bulimia nervosa. That's ...