Our strive to be thin, fit, pretty, and forever young is not only portrayed in our personal lives through our strict “no-carb diets,” excessive workouts, or the cosmetic products and procedures we ...

Many pervasive myths contribute to the stigma and prejudice that people with eating disorders can experience. At least 30 million people in the United States have an eating disorder. Despite their ...

Share on Pinterest Collage by Yunuen Bonaparte. Photo courtesy of KoolShooters. The pressures that girls and women face to achieve unrealistic body ideals have been subject to public concern for some ...

Teen eating disorders have never been this rampant — or this severe. Hospitalizations for eating disorders spiked during the pandemic, doubling among adolescent girls, according to the Centers for ...

For some young men and boys, body building can lead to unhealthy behaviors. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with NYU psychologist Andrea Vazzana about compulsive exercise and eating disorders in males.

Eating disorders are characterized by altered eating behavior that negatively impacts a person’s physical and mental health. Some recent evidence has suggested that the use of social media may ...

Eating disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating patterns that leads to poor physical and/or psychological health. The major eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia ...