Reading a list of eating disorder symptoms is one thing, and that thing is best described as “clinical.” That’s because symptom lists come from the DSM, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses where someone uses or controls food intake An eating disorder is not a choice, a diet “gone wrong”, nor conscious attention-seeking behaviour. In fact, it ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not a person with an eating disorder uses more than one method of purging may be a better indicator of the severity of the disorder than how frequently purging ...

Semantically, eating disorders are highly associated with body image. Clinically, this association makes complete sense as approximately one-third of people with eating disorders also experience body ...