Seventy million people worldwide struggle with eating disorders, which cause 10,000 deaths in the United States alone each year. Recovery from disordered eating is not always a final destination, but ...
One reason eating disorders are so insidious is that many early warning signals associated with them seem so innocent. Who hasn't worried about one's appearance, tried to conform to our culture's ...
Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that skyrocketed among teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrician Eva Trujillo says they... Eating disorder recovery in a world of diet culture ...
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 ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics has been one of exhilarating victories and crushing defeats. This year especially, it has amplified the stories of the silent struggle of athletes to perform despite depleted ...
When Mallary Tenore Tarpley was 11 years old, her mother died from breast cancer. Her father, who was reeling from his wife's death and at a loss to guide his daughter through puberty, gave Tarpley a ...
Overreliance on body mass index (BMI) to measure recovery from eating disorders has sparked calls for better assessment methods. University of Queensland researchers reviewed 60 studies from five ...
Warning: This article contains descriptions of disordered eating and suicidal ideation. Recovery from an eating disorder never quite ends for some. Just ask Kerry Washington. The 49-year-old actress, ...
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 ...
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jennette McCurdy talks about her experience with eating disorder recovery. Every week, a ...
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 ...