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 ...

The biggest misconception of all is also the most harmful.

Eating disorders are not caused by genetics alone, but genes can play a significant role in making someone more vulnerable to developing one. Researchers do not understand the exact cause of eating ...

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 ...

How can psychiatrists help with eating disorders? Eating disorders are a group of serious mental health conditions characterized by disruptions in normal eating patterns and persistent negative ...

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

New research finds that binge-eating disorder symptoms may persist longer than once believed, finding 61 percent and 45 percent of individuals still experienced binge-eating disorder 2.5 and 5 years ...

On the surface, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders might not seem like they have much in common. But both involve distressing thoughts and emotions that can drive repetitive or ...

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HealthDay News — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is common people with eating disorders, according to a research letter published online June 24 in JAMA Psychiatry.