Doctors are seeing more cases of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) than ever before. Now they need to figure ...

Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are both types of eating disorders. Both may start during adolescence and involve eating large amounts of food in a short period, but they have important ...

More than half of adults seeking treatment for eating disorders may be living with undiagnosed ...

When obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders occur together, they often exacerbate each other in harmful ways. Typically, both conditions are treated simultaneously to address the ...

People with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) can have different reasons for avoiding or limiting foods, such as sensory discomfort, fear of eating, or a lack of interest in food.

An eating disorder can develop as a result of genetics, as some studies suggest and it can also stem from a mental illness or just the need for perfection. If you’re feeling like there is something ...

Non-purging bulimia is a type of bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder that involves binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors like excessive exercise. Bulimia nervosa is a type of eating disorder ...

Eating disorders impact more than 1.1 million people in Australia, representing 4.5% of the population. These disorders include binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa. Meanwhile, ...

Content warning: This story mentions specific details about different kinds of eating disorders. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a lot of discourse about eating disorders at the moment. The ...

Noticing a change in someone we love rarely comes as a single, obvious moment. More often, it’s a quiet accumulation – a passing comment, a skipped dinner, a sense that something has shifted just ...

Few conditions are as wrapped in self-directed shame as eating disorders. As a therapist, I've seen a unique flavor of abashment linked to each disorder in each person. As well, most individuals I ...