The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has reached consensus on candidate biomarkers for anorexia ...

Sleep-eating disorders, like nocturnal eating syndrome (NES) and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED), may cause people to eat more than they desire at night. However, treatments are available. There ...

Researchers have identified many different causes for eating disorders, ranging from genetic risk factors to the culture a person grows up in. However, no single factor causes all eating disorders.

Eighteen years ago, Steve and Linda Znachko dropped their 14-year-old daughter Anna off at a private, inpatient eating disorder facility for the first time. The sign at the facility’s entrance read, ...

People often associate eating disorders with females. However, eating disorder behaviors, such as fasting, purging, and having a preoccupation with body image, can also affect males. The desire to ...

Eating disorders often involve a team of clinicians to address different elements of the illness. A physician may monitor physical changes and problems, a psychologist may address underlying thoughts ...

Washington is one of the top 5 states with the highest rates of eating disorders according to our methodology. The most popular eating disorder-related search term in the state was emotional eating in ...

Eating disorders could raise the risk of serious health issues even years later, a new analysis has found. People with eating disorders are more likely to report liver problems, diabetes, osteoporosis ...

Of the list of eating disorders, ARFID might not be one that you recognize – but it can be just as dangerous as the better-known conditions. ARFID, or Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, is ...

This blog post started as a short report on a workshop held at the recent Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals in Philadelphia. It was titled “Understanding the Complexities of ...

When Taylor Ford joined the University of Iowa Scanlan Center for School Mental Health more than four years ago, she came in ...