Eating Disorders

Self-Abuse, Eating Disorders, and Addiction Life for older children is increasingly stressful. When stress and depression turn inward, many kids turn against their own bodies. While eating disorders and substance abuse and addiction are all form...

Women and Eating Disorders Obesity and Overweight in Women Women seem to be especially vulnerable to weight gain during three key periods of their lives: at the beginning of their menstrual cycle, after pregnancy, and after menopause. Women who a...

The Female Athlete TriadThe female athlete triad describes a syndrome of eating disorder (anorexia), lack of a period (amenorrhea), and thinning bones (osteoporosis). The triad is common and becoming more and more recognized in girls and women wh...

Eating Disorders: Anorexia and BulimiaEating disorders are diseases in which weight control and eating behaviors have gone so far as to become life- and health-threatening. They can result from a diet taken too seriously, a hope to improve perfor...

Your stepdaughter's obsessive relationship with food is obviously not about food. ...

Teen wants to know how to help her bulimic friend without telling anyone. ...

Scared to Eat Young children are at war with their bodies. They are frightened of food. Food will make them FAT! Preschool girls are telling their mothers they want to go on diets. Elementary schoolchildren are counting the fat grams in their ca...

When Teens Obsess About Their Weight Could Your Teen Have an Eating Disorder? With the fashion and entertainment industries' super-thin stars serving as role models, it's no wonder that many young girls don't like what they see in the mirror. Th...

An expert tells a mother what steps to take to determine why her teenaged daughter isn't eating. ...