About 9% of U.S. residents will develop an eating disorder during their lifetimes, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Eating disorders most often are ...

Approximately 29 million people in the United States have an eating disorder. Those 29 million people span all ages, ethnicities, body shapes, sizes, races, and sexual orientations. No one is truly ...

The rate of eating disorders among children under 12 has increased by 119% since 2020. Anorexia is the third most common chronic disorder among kids, behind asthma and obesity. Pediatrician Cindy ...

Melbourne researchers have successfully tested a new therapy for a complex and increasingly common eating disorder among teenagers. The study found that an enhanced treatment model, developed by ...

Coming to the realization that your child has an eating disorder can be upsetting and overwhelming. But parents have the power to help their child begin to heal—even if the child isn’t completely ...

When pop music sensation Karen Carpenter succumbed to anorexia in 1983, she was only 32 years old. She had struggled with an unpublicized eating disorder since she was in high school and died of heart ...

On top of all the other current bad news for NHS performance, figures released today show that "unacceptable" numbers of children and young people (CYP - up to age 19) with eating disorders are having ...

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire -08/29/12)- Research has shown that life changes, such as the transitions to middle school, high school or college, can serve as triggers that may contribute to the development ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 28, 2024 – According to recent articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, children of U.S. military members may be at increased ...