eating disorder
The Silent Sports Health Crisis, Female Athlete Triad
Among female athletes, a triad of conditions is causing long-term health dangers that remain poorly understood and outside any mainstream discussion.
My Eating Disorder Had Nothing to Do with Barbie or the Media
A lot of people with an eating disorder will find the idea that it's caused by Barbies or supermodels insulting and patronizing. It's a mental illness, not a bad case of vanity.
Read an Excerpt from Sarah Gerard's New Novel About Bulimia
Read a selection from Sarah Gerard's new, fearlessly blunt novel about a young woman struggling with bulimia.
A 20-Year-Old Went to Rehab and Came Home in a Body Bag
Ted Jacques enrolled his son, Brandon, in what he thought was the "best treatment center money could buy." Two months later, Brandon was dead.
Ramadan Is Tough for Muslims with Eating Disorders
For Muslims suffering from eating disorders, this sacred time of fasting is the only month they can get away with starving themselves because not only is not-eating enabled, it is rewarded. I know this firsthand.
Cyberbullies Are to Blame for Why You’re Not Eating Breakfast
Apparently, cyberbullies and real-life jerks aren't just to blame for our traumatic and socially awkward moments. A new study shows that victims of school or cyber bullying presented a greater likelihood of omitting breakfast from their diets...
Everyone in Portland Is Gluten Intolerant
And other stories of America's bizarre relationship with food.
If You’re Eating Fresh Puppy Hearts, You Definitely Have an Eating Disorder
Tarrare, a young Frenchman from the 1700s, completely redefined our concept of overeating with his freaky metabolic disorder that prevented him from being satiated. To abate this raging appetite, the guy ate everything in sight, from inanimate objects...
Young Diabetics Are Slimming Themselves to Death
It's an incredibly depressing trend and it's happening all over the world.
Crystal Renn
Crystal Renn published a memoir detailing her struggles with anorexia and her transformation from a starving, near-dead straight-size model into a healthy size-12 supermodel.
Fat Camp Mem'ries
When I was 14 I went to fat camp. It was completely voluntary. The only problem was that I wanted to go to Camp Shane, a famous fat camp in the Catskills that has a great reputation.
Bulimi-ania!
Bulimia's fucked up. I just spent a week doing it to see what it's like, and I don't understand how those bitches survive.