Here’s what everyone needs to know about the condition.

An online therapy programme can be offered to people aged 16 or over with eating disorders while they wait for specialist NHS treatment, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ...

Middle class teenagers are less likely to develop eating disorders than those from poorer backgrounds, British researchers ...

If you or a loved one has struggled with an eating disorder, know this: You (and they) are not alone. Some 5% of the population has been diagnosed with one before, per the American Psychiatric ...

Eating disorders and obesity have traditionally developed as separate fields, but closer dialogue could improve assessment, ...

Bulimia may lead to weight gain rather than loss due to binge eating, as purging doesn’t significantly reduce caloric intake. Weight changes are also possible during recovery. Bulimia nervosa is an ...

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 ...

Compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder both involve eating in excess. Doctors classify them differently based on the frequency and severity of symptoms. Binge eating may qualify as a mental ...

A UCL review of 51 studies found that teens from lower-income and lower-education households were more likely to show eating ...

Teenagers from households with lower incomes and lower levels of education are more likely to have an eating disorder, a new ...

Arynta is a medicine used to treat binge eating disorder. Binge eating involves episodes of eating large amounts of food in a short period. You may feel like you cannot control what or how much you ...

Using marijuana appears to have a “positive outcome” on people struggling with some eating disorders, according to a new study. “Cannabis is widely used by people with eating disorders and is widely ...