The challenge with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN)—both for providers trying to assess it and for people wondering if they have it—is its presentation. People with AAN have all the same symptoms as ...

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we examine how the Front Range’s weight-loss culture may contribute to the prevalence of the eating disorder—anorexia’s lesser-known but equally ...

For Erin Harrop, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Denver, signs of an eating disorder began to appear at a young age. It initially started at the age of six with little ...

A history of higher weight is common in individuals seeking treatment for eating disorders. Among these individuals, a large group is diagnosed with atypical anorexia nervosa (AN). The Diagnostic and ...

Content note: This story discusses potentially triggering details about disordered eating. Tess Holliday shared more details about her experience with atypical anorexia nervosa in a recent interview ...

New research on eating disorders points to a new category of the disease, known as atypical anorexia, that often goes undetected. While people with traditional anorexia often present as extremely thin ...

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom. When we think of someone suffering from anorexia, the image that usually comes to mind is someone who’s skinny, even skeletal… But actually, ...

According to the National Eating Disorders Association, more than 28 million people will have an eating disorder in their lifetime, but they can often be hard to recognize. KTVU's Heather Holmes ...

Doctors, patients and researchers are at the very beginning of understanding how the new class of obesity drugs interact with ...

Eating disorders can affect people of all shapes and sizes. But people in higher-weight bodies are often treated differently from the stereotypical ‘skinny, white, affluent girl’ when it comes to ...