Food should nourish us, not consume us. This post explores how the pursuit of perfect nutrition can quietly undermine health.

People often associate eating disorders with females. However, eating disorder behaviors, such as fasting, purging, and having a preoccupation with body image, can also affect males. The desire to ...

Eating disorders are often associated with teenage girls from socioeconomically advantaged families. However, a new study ...

Researchers have identified many different causes for eating disorders, ranging from genetic risk factors to the culture a person grows up in. However, no single factor causes all eating disorders.

Purging disorder is an eating disorder similar to anorexia or bulimia. Despite not having a separate entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Text Revision (DSM-5-TR), it's a ...

In recent years, the term food noise has quickly become common in public, clinical, and scientific contexts. It describes ...

Murderer Bryan Kohberger is one of many adults and children who have been diagnosed with the eating disorder ARFID in recent years. But just what is ARFID? Here’s what we know about the disorder.

Content warning: This piece includes descriptions of eating disorders and self-harm that may be triggering to some readers. The National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline provides support, ...

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Long overlooked in women 40 and older, midlife eating disorders are going up. Eating disorder specialists cite hormonal shifts, societal pressures, and past struggles as fueling the silent surge.

New research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong — and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves. Sharon Maxwell is recovering from atypical anorexia. She ...