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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder. Though similar to women with bulimia, patients who fit this ...

Candace Cameron Bure addressed how her struggles with body image caused her to take extreme measures in her younger years — and revealed she still deals with insecurities today. “I developed an eating ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not a person with an eating disorder uses more than one method of purging may be a better indicator of the severity of the disorder than how frequently purging ...

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 ...

As a psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders and body image distress, I often hear from clients: “I don’t know why I do this. I’m not stupid. I know it’s not healthy. I just can’t stop.” They ...

6 subtle signs of an eating disorder that parents might miss - Many signs are not always obvious and often go unnoticed.