Throughout her career, former ice dancer Matilda Friend struggled with disordered eating and felt pressure to look a certain ...

“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...

About six years ago, Kurt Egli had grown tired of being what his friends called “the fat, bald guy” at the starting line. At 5-foot-11 and hovering near 185 pounds during racing season, Egli, an ...

As the Pentagon rolls out tougher fitness standards and punishments for troops who fall short, some advocates are criticizing ...

This post is from the Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions Service (EDCAS) of the William Alanson White Institute in recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It’s pretty easy ...

As a biracial child, Sarah* felt her appearance was constantly scrutinized by the Filipino side of her family. And when she hit puberty and started to develop curves, the body talk escalated. “I ...

The terms “eating disorder” and “disordered eating” sound so similar that you might not catch their differences—but they exist. Disordered eating is even more common. Sixty-five percent of women ...

For years, researchers have been emphasizing that the stereotype of the typical eating disorder patient is inaccurate. Many assume that eating disorders primarily affect thin, white women. But people ...

The molecules that make the body of a person or any other organism function can be summed up, for the most part, in a word: proteins. These molecules carry out almost all processes in living organisms ...

The difference isn’t always clear-cut, because those who engage in disordered eating behaviors are more likely to develop an eating disorder. Eating is a significant part of life — there’s no way ...