Americans are suffering from a dangerous combination of eating disorders and body image problems. Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness week, seven days devoted to recognizing eating ...

A woman’s hair is pulled up to reveal her spine, protruding from her back like a mountain range, her shoulder blades the highest peaks. She leans over, clutching the front of her body while staring at ...

Tumblr has started taking down blogs that encourage self-harm and eating disorders, as part of efforts by social media sites to protect their users from harmful behaviour. The blogging site, which has ...

The urge to "start over" for the new year feels hopeful. In eating disorders, that same impulse can either support recovery ...

You may not have heard of orthorexia, but you’ve probably seen it. It’s an eating disorder that’s characterized as an obsession with only consuming “healthy” foods—and it’s on the rise, says Sadi Fox, ...