How do I know if my kid is worrying about food and their body too much? And what should I say?
Eating disorders are most likely to develop in young people aged between 12 and 25.
Nov 13, 2025
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Mental Disorders: News and Research on Bulimia Nervosa
MeSH tree: F03.400.250
Understudied eating disorder matches anorexia, bulimia severity
A diagnosis often viewed as less serious than anorexia and bulimia—and the most common eating disorder worldwide—can cause just as much harm, a new study has found.
Nov 12, 2025
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Can you really be addicted to food? Researchers are uncovering convincing similarities to drug addiction
People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest.
Oct 13, 2025
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Online therapy can help treat bulimia, offering hope for women lacking access to care
Bulimia nervosa (BN), or bulimia, is a mental health disorder characterized by binge eating and a fear of gaining weight, which drives people to try and avoid weight gain, usually by compensatory (vomiting etc.). Over time, ...
Aug 27, 2025
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Eating disorder symptoms in teens can be traced back to family hardship, new study shows
Eating disorders can affect anybody, no matter their age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or body size. Yet the myth that eating disorders are "diseases of affluence" persists, and can mean those from wealthier backgrounds ...
Aug 23, 2025
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New findings connect biological and behavioral consequences of weight loss to binge-eating
A study from Florida State University uncovers biological and behavioral consequences of weight loss underlying binge-eating in women with bulimia nervosa and related syndromes. The work is published in the journal Psychological ...
Jul 23, 2025
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What's the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating?
Following a particular diet or exercising a great deal are common and even encouraged in our health and image-conscious culture. With increased awareness of food allergies and other dietary requirements, it's also not uncommon ...
Jun 25, 2025
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#SkinnyTok rebranded eating disorders dangerously fast
#SkinnyTok is dead. Or at least that's what TikTok wants you to believe after its recent ban of the hashtag promoting an extreme thin ideal. That might have appeased regulators, but it shouldn't satisfy parents of teens on ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Weight-loss behaviors are missing in tools to diagnose eating disorders
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London have identified a range of weight-loss behaviors that are not included in current assessment criteria for eating disorders. ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Why more youth are landing in the ER with vomiting from cannabis use
As cannabis use among youth rises in Canada—and THC potency reaches record highs—emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases of a once-rare condition: cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS).
Jun 11, 2025
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