In our society, eating disorders are mostly misunderstood and glamorized. We’re told that everyone with an eating disorder is skin and bones. That just by looking at someone we can easily spot the starvation, the ...

Sari Fine Shepphird, Ph.D, a Los Angeles clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist, is the author of 100 Questions & Answers about Anorexia Nervosa. Psych Central contributor Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., spoke with her about ...

Some dismiss body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) as vanity; others believe it’s a rare and extreme condition. Though many misconceptions continue to circulate, BDD is a real, fairly common body image disorder. It affects men and ...

The following is an excerpt from the book Three Minute Therapy and focuses on the topic of overeating and how cognitive-behavioral techniques can be used to help a person overcome this concern. They say that inside ...

Women who usually are restrained eaters tend to gain more weight than other women when they're pregnant, say researchers. Excess weight gain may be linked to child obesity, so a team from the University of ...

Evidence suggests that our dietary habits and the decisions we make about what we eat are acquired over several years, but what psychological processes underpin this kind of learning? And why do preferences vary across ...

Previous research has indicated a high rate of mortality and illness for patients with anorexia nervosa. A recent Swedish study, however, found positive long-term outcomes for adolescent anorexics. Dr. Frank Lindblad and colleagues at ...

In Part 1 of this Guide, we focused on strategies for preventing the development of eating disorders in children. In Part 2, we will turn to the warning signs of eating disorders, how to get ...

How much should you worry if your teenager starts to claim she's not hungry, eliminates foods from her diet, or expresses worry about becoming fat? When does "fussy" or diet-like eating go too far? How ...

Accept that there are no quick and easy solutions for recovery from an eating disorder. Therapists, physicians and other eating disorder experts have no magic cure. If your loved one is to get lasting recovery, ...

Persons with eating disorders often have difficulty admitting that they have a serious problem, and in many cases, particularly with anorexia, family or friends must persuade the individual to seek treatment. In treating anorexia nervosa, the ...

It's long been held that waif-thin models posing in fashion and beauty magazines encourage young women to follow unhealthy eating habits—possibly bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Now, researchers at Brigham Young University have discovered "thin is ...

Right now, one percent of all American women—our sisters, mothers and daughters—are starving themselves; some literally starving and exercising themselves to death. Eating disorders are becoming an epidemic, especially among our most promising young women. ...

People with bulimia nervosa do two things. First, they eat. Second, they work very hard to get rid of what they have eaten. People with bulimia binge eat. That is, in a small amount of ...

It's time for some sound advice on achieving a quality lifestyle instead of dieting again. Ninety-five percent of all women don't have the ideal body type portrayed by the media, and up to 60 percent ...