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Why So Many South-Asian Women Have Eating Disorders
I suffered from an eating disorder throughout my teens, but I didn't realise that, as a British Indian, I was statistically the most at risk.
Do You Ever Actually ‘Recover’ From a Mental Illness?
When someone says their cancer is in remission, we understand it's not cured. But we tend to lack that grasp of nuance when the disease is psychological.
Do You Ever Actually ‘Recover’ From a Mental Illness?
When someone says their cancer is in remission, we understand it's not cured. But we tend to lack that grasp of nuance when the disease is psychological.
'Breatharians' Believe You Can Survive on Air Alone
Followers of the controversial diet believe that humans can survive on cosmic energy from air. Doctors and dietitians beg to differ.
We Asked Men About Their Eating Disorders
I've wrestled with an eating disorder, on and off, since I was a teenager, and while in my life I've known other men who have struggled with food, we've rarely talked about it.
The Women Hiding a Secretive, Little-Known Eating Disorder
"Chew and Spit" is bound up in feelings of shame and loss of control. But it's only recently that experts have begun to learn a bit more about the damaging behavior.
The Diabetic Women Who Skip Insulin to Lose Weight
It's hugely under-diagnosed, but the risks of this little-known eating disorder include blindness, limb amputation, and early loss of life.
The Brains of Women with Anorexia Change to Override Hunger, Study Says
How do women with eating disorders overpower their bodies' urge to eat? New research has found the illness actually alters the way their brains work.
Why the Holidays Are Hell for People with Binge Eating Disorders
During the Holidays, bingeing is not only tolerated, but encouraged. But for the 30 million Americans who struggle with an eating disorder the holidays are a time when stress and anxiety are at their peak.
I Inherited My Anorexic Mother's Fear of Food
If I ate breakfast one day, I wasn't allowed to eat until lunch the next, and then dinner the following. With swollen cheeks, I feared blood on my toothbrush. It never felt as if I got "everything" out.
I Inherited My Anorexic Mother's Fear of Food
If I ate breakfast one day, I wasn't allowed to eat until lunch the next, and then dinner the following. With swollen cheeks, I feared blood on my toothbrush. It never felt as if I got "everything" out.
Eating Gives Me Anxiety and Not Eating Gives Me Anxiety
Lately, I feel that the way I've lived for years—in hyperconscious, hypervigilant awareness of everything I put in my mouth—no longer serves to quell my depression and anxiety. It actually exacerbates it.