Discover the main causes behind eating disorders affecting millions. Learn about genetic, psychological and social factors ...

Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake, ...

The 3 eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating--occur at a frequency far greater than usually realized. Anorexia has been found to be present in up to 1% of teenage ...

Charlie Health explores shocking eating disorder statistics—including early age of onset, rising youth cases, and treatment ...

Drug therapies for bulimia nervosa were first employed in the early 1980s. At that time, there was much interest in the observed high comorbidity between bulimia nervosa and affective disorders ...

More information: Dakota L. Leget et al, The impact of patient weight on US mental health providers' diagnosis of bulimia nervosa, Eating Disorders (2025). DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2465153 ...

Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, can have devastating effects on both the health and performance of athletes. Compared to non-athletes, both female and male athletes are ...

Only 27% of providers correctly diagnosed the patient as having bulimia nervosa, and 38% of providers incorrectly diagnosed the patient with a binge eating disorder. Correctly distinguishing ...