MeSH tree: F03.400.250
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 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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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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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 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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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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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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You may have come across those "what I eat in a day" videos on social media, where people—usually conventionally attractive influencers wearing activewear—list everything they consumed that day.
Jun 11, 2025
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From celebrities and influencers to everyday people, social media is full of content that showcases perfectly toned, muscular bodies—and how to achieve them. Having a muscular physique is no longer confined to elite athletes ...
Jun 3, 2025
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Social media can push vulnerable young people toward developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake, dangerous advice about diet and nutrition, experts warn.
Jun 1, 2025
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