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 ...

Purging disorder is a type of eating disorder in which a person self-induces vomiting or uses laxatives, enemas, or diuretics ("water pills") to purge the body of food they have eaten. It differs from ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and purging through methods like self-induced vomiting or taking laxatives. In the US, it will affect 1.5% of women and up ...

Purging disorder and bulimia share similar symptoms, and both involve purging food from the body through vomit or using medications. Bulimia and purging disorder are two distinct types of eating ...

Eating disorders, which affect more than 28 million people nationwide, exact a high toll. In addition to the individual suffering they cause, eating disorders cost the U.S. nearly $65 billion each ...

Eating disorders, which affect more than 28 million people nationwide, exact a high toll. In addition to the individual suffering they cause, eating disorders cost the U.S. nearly $65 billion each ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder marked by uncontrollable binge-eating and subsequent purging by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics. Other compensatory behaviors after binging include ...

Bulimia nervosa, a severe eating disorder, involves cycles of binge eating followed by unhealthy compensatory actions like vomiting or excessive exercise. This condition, driven by body image concerns ...

Binge eating disorder (BED) was included in the DSM IV as a proposed diagnostic category for further study and as an example for an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). BED is ...

Intermittent fasting remains a controversial topic. It is touted for its short-term weight loss benefits and for its ability to improve insulin sensitivity and heart health; studies have also ...

When we study eating disorders, it is important to distinguish the processes that may have caused the problem to start (causes of eating disorders) from those that have led it to persist (maintaining ...