New research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong — and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves. Sharon Maxwell is recovering from atypical anorexia. She ...

"What strikes me most about what you write is that you can be so coherent about it all, and understand yourself so much, and still do not just throw up your hands and laugh and say – 'to hell with ...

a distorted body image an irrational fear of weight gain or being overweight a fixation on controlling weight and body size People with anorexia often use extreme measures to maintain or lose their ...

Contrary to common belief, the anorexic life is highly food-centric, as observed in other food-deprived animals but with more ...

When I was 13, I decided I would become anorexic. By devoting myself to the illness, I believed I could morph from an emotionally confused adolescent into the anorexic girls I had seen on Oprah who ...

Young patients who starve themselves risk bradycardia, anemia, bone loss—and even death. Yet few patients receive proper care, experts say. She’s starving but not hungry and skeletally thin but says ...

People with eating disorders, such as anorexia, may have difficulty falling or staying asleep, or they may wake too early. Research suggests that eating disorders can cause or contribute to insomnia ...

The team began by comparing stool samples from 70 healthy women and 77 women with anorexia. “There were massive changes in the abundance of bacteria,” Pedersen said, including 27 bacteria that were ...