Clients may present with anxiety or trauma while eating disorder symptoms remain hidden.

“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...

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

The relaunch of Alsana’s eating disorder treatment website also sets the stage for future storytelling, including deeper insight into Alsana’s Recovery Story framework and the philosophy behind its ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The relationship between obesity and disordered eating behaviors represents a complex combination of ...

If you’re considering intermittent fasting to lose weight or improve your health, you’re looking to your future. But your past also plays an important role in the success – and safety – of your plan.

For years, researchers have been emphasizing that the stereotype of the typical eating disorder patient is inaccurate. Many assume that eating disorders primarily affect thin, white women. But people ...

Treatment is hard. A lot of facilities feel sterile and hospital-like. We wanted to create something that feels more ...

“I hate it because I fall for it every year,” says Meirav Devash, of January’s inescapable four-word cultural theme. Now in her 40s, the Mental editor-at-large started binge eating and hiding food in ...

From Weight Watchers to Ozempic, big business profits off eating disorders and their treatments. Metaphors for the body abound: a many-horse-powered machine, a delicate ecosystem, a knife-cut ...