Throughout her career, former ice dancer Matilda Friend struggled with disordered eating and felt pressure to look a certain ...

“My Good Bright Wolf,” a new memoir by the novelist Sarah Moss, begins in dishabille. A narrator is speaking to herself in the second person, and she’s using language recognizable from fairy tales and ...

“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...

As the Pentagon rolls out tougher fitness standards and punishments for troops who fall short, some advocates are criticizing ...

This post is from the Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions Service (EDCAS) of the William Alanson White Institute in recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It’s pretty easy ...

The terms “eating disorder” and “disordered eating” sound so similar that you might not catch their differences—but they exist. Disordered eating is even more common. Sixty-five percent of women ...

As a biracial child, Sarah* felt her appearance was constantly scrutinized by the Filipino side of her family. And when she hit puberty and started to develop curves, the body talk escalated. “I ...

Disordered eating and eating disorders (EDs) can affect anyone, regardless of identity or lived experience. However, some groups may be at higher risk than others. The term “disordered eating” refers ...

The difference isn’t always clear-cut, because those who engage in disordered eating behaviors are more likely to develop an eating disorder. Eating is a significant part of life — there’s no way ...