"No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That's for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me." Alexa, a 44-year-old real estate agent, was telling me about ...

ScienceDaily (2011-02-13) - Women suffering from anorexia or bulimia draw themselves with prominently different characteristics than women who do not have eating disorders and who are considered of ...

When conversations about eating disorders arise, they typically center around teenagers and young adults. Yet a less discussed reality exists: women in midlife increasingly battle these complex ...

Giva Wilkerson leads Project HEAL to help those who can't afford treatment. Giva Wilkerson is an African-American woman and one of the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from an eating disorder.

According to a recent study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, women diagnosed with eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors were “at a distinct disadvantage when ...

One black woman shares her severe struggle with body image. — -- Like so many young women, Jenna Lahori isn’t always comfortable in her own skin. She wants to be a much thinner version of herself ...

Last week’s column spurred some interesting feedback. So what exactly is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is a disturbance in someone’s eating behavior that compromises a person’s physical and ...

Sara Bond of Mapleton, N.D., talks about her long battle with an eating disorder. She says she was 65 pounds at her lowest and says her mother would often check on her at night to make sure she was ...

Here's what anorexia nervosa is, why it's so concerning and how people who struggle with the disorder can get help.

Many people think you can ‘see’ an eating disorder, but eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that don’t always cause visible changes. In fact, the first signs of an eating disorder ...