Eating disorders are among the many illnesses that are not easily identifiable, making it difficult to recognize who may be struggling and require support. They are complex mental health illnesses ...

Those in the LGBTQIA+ community have much higher rates of eating disorders than the general population, especially trans and ...

The word trigger is used to describe a stimulus (experience, memory, sensation, feeling, or thought) that "triggers" an uncomfortable, overwhelming, adverse emotional reaction. Once triggered, the ...

Eating disorders are serious conditions that go beyond dieting or wanting to lose weight. They can significantly affect one’s physical and mental health and overall well-being. In addition, out of all ...

I have a babbling baby who currently loves to eat nearly anything. (Watching her smear avocado onto her nine-month-old face is a genuine evening highlight.) But since I’m a contemporary parent with ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4)- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW), which runs from February 24 to March 2, “is an annual campaign to educate the public about eating disorders and to engage ...

Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that can have serious consequences on both physical and emotional well-being. They affect people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, and it's ...

"I've had many patients come to me with restrictive eating patterns, but they say like, I'm not trying to lose weight, you know, restricting for some other reason. And when I tell them you do actually ...

Keynote speaker Kitty Westin will present "Understanding Eating Disorders and how to support someone who is suffering" on Monday, Feb. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Bohannon Hall on the UMD campus. Westin ...

Jason Wood was sitting in a restaurant on vacation with his husband, angry and upset because he couldn’t swap pita for fresh vegetables in his hummus plate. The pain wasn’t overblown, Wood said. It ...