Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a recently established eating disorder defined by a persistent pattern of insufficient nutritional or caloric intake that is not driven by concerns ...

Plant-based eating has never been more popular, as people have slowly become more aware of the negative health and environmental impacts of meat and dairy products. But for Melissa Stanger, LCSW, a ...

When you hear the words “eating disorder," what comes to mind? Anorexia Nervosa (AN)? Understandable, considering that most of our knowledge about eating disorders comes from popular media, and AN is ...

For those suffering from Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), eating can trigger intense fear, anxiety, and ...

Loss of appetite, whether from restrictive eating disorders in childhood or illness-driven wasting in adulthood, can trigger lasting, structural changes in the brain. The brain is in constant ...

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder tied to autism and anxiety. People with ARFID have trouble eating due to sensory aversions to food. A new study of children with ...

Some children and adults develop an unusual eating disorder where they restrict the food they eat, but not because of body image issues or a desire to lose weight. Not much is known about what causes ...

"I also can't blame you for not knowing because I myself did not know," the model said about stereotypes relating to eating disorders Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Tess Holliday is addressing misconceptions ...

When Anne Poirier was 45, she went to battle with her body: restricting what she ate, and exercising for up to five hours a day. “You start to disappear as you age,” she tells Fortune. “Your body ...

More than 500,000 Aussies are using GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro each month. The risks to people with eating disorders is ...