As it has in so many harmful ways, the pandemic has amplified yet another dangerous trend among young people: the rise of eating disorders. Fueled by their round-the-clock use of social media, ...

Emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for eating disorders have increased significantly among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research. In a repeated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospitalizations related to eating disorders are increasing among adolescents in the United States. Anorexia ...

Eating disorders can profoundly impact the psychosocial functioning and physical health of adolescents. Early and effective treatment is essential to prevent long-term adverse and devastating effects.

"Healthy" is something that has been conflated with weight, BMI, and body size. But true health is something different.

COLUMBIA — When you think of mental illness, you probably don't think it would show up at the dinner table. But, the National Eating Disorders Association estimates over 28 million Americans will have ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, researchers investigated the longitudinal relationships between appetitive qualities in early childhood and eating problem symptoms ...

According to new research, eating disorders among adolescents are increasingly common, and one treatment center has a six-month waitlist.

This summer I sat on my bed and watched as my sister tried on numerous outfits, changing over and over again, each time citing something “wrong” about her body and weight. I would respond by providing ...

Appetitive traits among preschoolers, such as being highly responsive to food, may predict disordered eating in adolescence. These neurobehavioural traits might be interacting with environmental ...

Haven of Hope announced plans to open Tennessee’s first adolescent residential eating disorder treatment program in the ...