Eating disorders are often misunderstood, but they impact millions of individuals and families across the United States. According to national data, nearly 1 in 10 Americans will experience an eating ...

GLP-1 medications can make an eating disorder so easy to miss. Patients describe the warning signs I screen for, then tell me ...

Recovering from an eating disorder can be long and complex. Treatment typically focuses on reducing the unhelpful behaviors and thoughts that characterize these disorders. These include extreme ...

Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or BED, and orthorexia are serious, potentially life-threatening mental health conditions. They're also common, affecting around ...

Defining what recovery looks like after an eating disorder is tricky. Mallary Tenore Tarpley was in and out of residential and hospital treatment for several years before realizing she would never be ...

I can’t remember the day that I decided to start starving myself. I can’t remember if it was a particular day, specific event or a mounting of occurrences that spurred me into an eating disorder. Like ...

Eating disorders among teenagers skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teens like Moorea Friedman were isolated, spending more time in front of their computers watching movies and TV, where ...

If someone you care about tells you they have an eating disorder, you may feel frozen. You might be scared, confused, or worried about saying the wrong thing. Many people immediately want to fix it or ...

The renowned collegiate basketball players posted on TikTok about their journey managing their eating disorders in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Tabitha Parent is a writer at PEOPLE ...

Recovering from an eating disorder can be long and complex. But when recovery focuses on a clinical checklist of symptoms, such as reaching a healthy weight, it may ignore other important aspects of ...