ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -Among the issues the pandemic has aggravated are eating disorders. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, its helpline has seen a 40% jump in calls since March of ...

A rare intracranial recording shows how a low-frequency brain signal vanished during tirzepatide-associated symptom relief and resurfaced weeks before dysregulated eating returned. Study: Brain ...

Purging disorder is an eating disorder that involves “purging” behavior to induce weight loss or manipulate body shape. Purging can mean a number of things, including: self-induced vomiting misuse of ...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by a persistent preoccupation with perceived defects in physical appearance, often fixed on facial features but can involve any ...

For the longest time, researchers focused on diagnosing and treating girls, but that is changing. By Matt Richtel For decades, eating disorders were thought to afflict mostly, if not exclusively, ...

Body awareness obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in which a person experiences a distressing preoccupation with their bodily processes or physical ...

Healthy eating can support both physical and mental wellbeing. But when food choices become rigid rules, the pursuit of wellness may do more harm than good.