
Anorexia nervosa is a severe mental health disorder that manifests as an unhealthy obsession with food, weight gain, and body image. It can lead to numerous dangerous physical and psychological effects, including [...]
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Strong support systems are crucial for eating disorder recovery. The people in someone’s life can play a big role in helping them get through the often-difficult process. But unfortunately, the [...]
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Diets draw attention and popularity by promoting rapid weight loss and celebrity endorsements. The new fad or diet becomes a dangling carrot, many choose to bite. With the sirtfood diet, [...]
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The human body is a complex machine that can accomplish incredible feats. However, just like other machines, optimal performance is based off of how well the machine is maintained. For [...]
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Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Halloween parties can be scary when you have an eating disorder, and not just because they’re intended for spooky-season enthusiasts. From the costumes to candy, horror-themed [...]
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Eating disorders have been described in Western literature for centuries, with the term “anorexia nervosa” being coined by a British physician, Sir William Gull, in 1873 [1]. In the non-Western [...]
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Obesity and eating disorders are serious challenges that are not discussed in relation to one another enough. This is especially true when one considers the high prevalence-rate of both in [...]
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As our culture understands more about mental health, it is understood that mental illness does not discriminate. Disorders once thought to be primarily experienced by a single population are now [...]
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The field of eating disorder research is continually evolving, and treatments are being developed and refined based on these discoveries. Given the complex nature of eating disorders, it is not [...]
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Anorexia is a mental health condition that can have a significant medical impact. Anorexia can lead to several physical conditions. What is Anorexia? Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by [...]
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