Examples of disordered eating habits include binge eating, fasting, and avoiding a whole food group. Doctors do not clinically define disordered eating as an eating disorder, but it does increase the ...

Although reduced body image and low self-esteem are potential risk factors for eating disorders, they’re not the only factors at play. Body dissatisfaction can increase your risk of disordered eating ...

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 ...

Theoretical approaches, treatment preferences, and clinician bias all play a role in the ways we understand eating disorders.

"What can my body do, and why is that important to me?" New research investigates functionality appreciation and eating ...

Glasofer is an associate professor of clinical medical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center and a practicing clinical psychologist in New York City. Attia is a professor of psychiatry at ...

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 ...

To those who aren’t in the know, it looks like any other office: tiles of commercial grey carpet, blue swivel chairs and stern black screens fill the space. Faux potted plants punctuate the otherwise ...

Eating disorders can affect people of all shapes and sizes. But people in higher-weight bodies are often treated differently from the stereotypical ‘skinny, white, affluent girl’ when it comes to ...