It can be hard to spot the signs of an eating disorder, especially early on. People with eating disorders may try to hide their food restrictions or wear baggy clothes to conceal the weight loss.
Eating disorders encompass harmful and often dangerous patterns of eating. This behavior is often driven by—and expressed as—dissatisfaction about one’s body and weight. Common signs can ...
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Eating disorders are an unhealthy relationship with food in which an individual refuses to eat certain food groups, avoids eating food or eats too much food. Here are some signs that you might ...
Binge eating disorder can seriously affect a person’s physical and mental health. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment. Healthcare professionals can prescribe it ...
Racial discrimination, bullying, sexism and other forms of discrimination have also been shown to increase the risk for eating disorders. The pandemic-related isolation that sent many adolescents ...
Experts at Stanford Medicine say that it is important to talk about because eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any other psychiatric condition. Reporter Sharon Chen shows us why more ...
Eating disorders can be very serious illnesses and often people will need professional help to recover. Indeed, eating ...
Reporter Sharon Chen shows us why more children are seeing the signs of eating disorders and shows us how one hospital is responding to the rise in cases.