Anorexia symptoms fall into five main categories. Understanding the symptoms of Anorexia is essential for sufferers and families. What's really important is that you understand that these are symptoms ...

Better screening for eating disorders is needed, says Lisa Ranzenhofer, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Jacobs ...

Eating disorders can affect anybody, no matter their age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or body size. Yet the myth that eating disorders are "diseases of affluence" persists, and can mean ...

The relationship between anorexia and depression is complex. Genetics, environmental factors, and how your brain and digestive system communicate may all influence this common comorbidity. Anorexia, ...

Researchers found that preventing adolescent body dissatisfaction could reduce the population burden of psychiatric conditions.

Scientists have taken a step closer to finding a drug for the difficult-to-treat eating disorder anorexia. In experiments with mice, the researchers showed that increasing levels of a peptide ...

Each year, the last week of February is recognized as Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In the days leading up to it, my inbox ...

According to a recent meta-analysis conducted at the University of Eastern Finland, 1 in 4 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes aged 16 years and older also exhibit some kind of eating disorder ...

When Taylor Ford joined the University of Iowa Scanlan Center for School Mental Health more than four years ago, she came in ...