During the holidays, many families will gather for festive meals. If you pay attention to how and what a tween, teen or young adult is eating, you may detect a pattern that could indicate something is ...

Following a particular diet or exercising a great deal are common and even encouraged in our health and image-conscious culture. With increased awareness of food allergies and other dietary ...

Several Olympic figure skaters have spoken publicly of their eating disorders in recent years, highlighting the risks of ...

A young woman meticulously arranges the food on her plate, ensuring that each bite is symmetrical before she allows herself to eat. Another counts calories obsessively, unable to deviate from her ...

Media portrayals of disordered eating and eating disorders tend to focus on younger people, especially teenagers and young adults. However, these disorders do not discriminate based on gender, race, ...

Warning: This article contains discussion of eating disorders which some readers may find distressing. A relatively new and uncommon eating disorder called orthorexia can be impacted by social media ...

Doctors, patients and researchers are at the very beginning of understanding how the new class of obesity drugs interact with ...

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that affect millions of people across the country. Yet stigma, misinformation, and outdated stereotypes continue to cloud public understanding of ...

When I diagnosed 10-year-old Katie with type 1 diabetes (T1D), I told her that her excess weight and diet were unrelated to her diagnosis. But a few months later, her school teacher singled her out ...

While weight-loss medications can help people who struggle with bulimia, they can negatively affect those with restrictive ...