Learn about the history of eating disorders—including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder—along with how they were first recognized and diagnosed.
What is the real history of eating disorders? Discover key facts, important dates, and how eating disorders are currently being treated.
Eating disorders are mental health conditions that affect your relationship to food. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Eating disorders are complicated illnesses caused by a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and environmental factors. Learn about common risk factors.
Eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, are complex conditions that can impair health and social functioning. Learn more about eating disorders, including origins, signs, symptoms, and treatme...
The prevalence of eating disorders was assessed in a casenote study of 105 female patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A previous history of anorexia nervosa was found in 12 (11%). Pa...
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The Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Stanford Medicine Children's Health treats children and adolescents with eating disorders such as anorexia.
My history with disordered eating and eating disorders involved dieting, which was sometimes disguised as “lifestyle changes” or “clean eating”. Dieting was and is everywhere and there is always a...
It is estimated 20–60% of patients with an ED have a history of OCD. [9] The causes of eating disorders are not clear, although both biological and environmental factors appear to play a...