Children should not be denied help in treating eating disorders on the basis of their body mass index (BMI), the NHS says.

Guidance for GPs and nurses says other factors should be taken into account, such as changes in behaviour ...

About 9% of U.S. residents will develop an eating disorder during their lifetimes, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Eating disorders most often are ...

This guidance is for integrated care boards (ICBs) and providers of eating disorder services and sets out how to design collaborative, integrated services that support all children, young people, and ...

Approximately 29 million people in the United States have an eating disorder. Those 29 million people span all ages, ethnicities, body shapes, sizes, races, and sexual orientations. No one is truly ...

When pop music sensation Karen Carpenter succumbed to anorexia in 1983, she was only 32 years old. She had struggled with an unpublicized eating disorder since she was in high school and died of heart ...

Body mass index (BMI) should not be the main factor when deciding if a child or young person should be referred for an eating ...

Children with mothers who had vs. did not have an eating disorder before pregnancy had greater odds for preschool wheezing and school-age asthma, according to results published in Thorax.“For ...

Coming to the realization that your child has an eating disorder can be upsetting and overwhelming. But parents have the power to help their child begin to heal—even if the child isn’t completely ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 28, 2024 – According to recent articles in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, children of U.S. military members may be at increased ...

Paula Crotty told the Oireachtas Health Committee that her daughter, Jennifer, died almost three years ago ...