Did you know that the rate of kids 12 and younger being hospitalized for eating disorders has risen 119 percent from 1999 to 2006? This is according to a recent study published by Journal of American Pediatrics.

In the movie, Natalie Portman‘s character not only shows signs of anorexia—she’s also bulimic. I had hoped this wouldn’t seem glamorous to teens and women seeing the movie since, well, Natalie’s character also totally loses it in a downward spiral. But apparently that’s not the case. Just now, searching for images from the movie, I found one [...]

The signs and symptoms of eating disorders vary with the particular type of eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa When you have anorexia nervosa (an-o-REK-see-uh nur-VOH-suh), you’re obsessed with food and being thin, sometimes to the point of deadly self-starvation.

While the connection between oral health and systemic health has been well-established, what most people don’t know is that dentists often are in a position to detect systemic conditions. According to an article published in the October 2010 issue of AGD Impact, the monthly newsmagazine of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), dentists may be the first health [...]

Results from a national survey conducted by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), a follow-up to focus group information the association collected 6 years ago, show that public awareness of eating disorders (EDs) has increased dramatically.

The presence of an eating disorder in teens has been linked to an alarming high rate of other self-harm tactics, such as cutting. The findings of research conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the study also revealed that many healthcare providers regularly fail to diagnose instances of self [...]

Bearing flickering candles in memory of lost daughters and sons, two hundred parents yesterday processed into Southwark Cathedral for the first memorial service of its kind. The children they have lost were not victims of war in Afghanistan, but of a battle against a different, but deadly, enemy. Theirs are the victims of eating disorders, [...]

We all know kids who won’t eat their vegetables. But what about when that finicky eating carries on into adulthood? Is it just a matter of personal taste – or an actual eating disorder that needs treatment? CBS 2′s Mary Kay Kleist reports that researchers are launching a new national finicky eating registry to find [...]

The recent U.S. Senate decision to pass a resolution naming September as “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month,” gives this former fat kid much reason to pause and question. Hailed by many as a significant step forward, there are many out there who have good reason for concern. As I and any other person who has [...]

Reality star Snooki of “Jersey Shore” fame tells OK! Magazine she suffered from bulimia and anorexia when she was growing up in Poughkeepsie, New York.