eating disorder
The Rise of Bigorexia: the Unachievable Quest for the Perfect Male Body
A new study from the University of Sydney examines the way that body dissatisfaction affects men.
How My Diabetes Gave Me An Eating Disorder
For Type 1 diabetics, restricting insulin is like a magic bullet for weight loss. But the consequences can be devastating and deadly.
Why Picky Eating Could Be a Sign of an Eating Disorder
For children and adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, dinnertime is a nightmare.
Trans Youth Are Significantly More Likely to Have an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are typically associated with cisgender women, but research shows that trans youth are four times more likely to suffer from them.
When Does 'Eating Clean' Become an Eating Disorder?
Orthorexia is defined as an obsession with healthy foods. In the age of raw food diets and Instagramming each of your meals as you #eatclean, it's becoming increasingly common—and dangerous.
This Is What It's Like Being Addicted to Laxatives
Laxative abuse is a common manifestation of eating disorders that we rarely talk about. But with the pills so easy to buy and become addicted to, and increasing numbers of young people using them, it's about time we started.
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 patronising. It's a mental illness, not a bad case of vanity.
Everyone in Portland Is Gluten Intolerant
And other stories of America's bizarre relationship with food.
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.
Thin Chicks
Not all girls that have anorexia or bulimia look like a stick figure with the faintest ghosts of tits. Some of them just look a bit skinny and act kind of squirrelly.
Slimming Down
Anorexia's not as hard as you think, you just have to get on the train. I know because I didn't eat for ten days and I feel great. Not only that, but I lost the weight.