“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...

Examples of disordered eating habits include binge eating, fasting, and avoiding a whole food group. Doctors do not clinically define disordered eating as an eating disorder, but it does increase the ...

Chances are, you’ve heard the terms eating disorders and disordered eating—but do you know what both concepts mean? In today’s blog post, I want to dive into the differences between eating disorders ...

Gemma Sharp receives funding from an NHMRC Investigator Grant. She is a Professor and the Founding Director and Member of the Consortium for Research in Eating Disorders, a registered charity. But ...

The landscape of disordered eating extends far beyond diagnosed eating disorders, affecting nearly 65% of women aged 25 to 45. While 30 million Americans face diagnosed eating disorders, disordered ...

Orthorexia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are eating disorders that can share symptoms like restrictive eating, preoccupation with food, and rigid dietary practices, but what sets them apart are the ...

In the age of social media, youth are constantly bombarded with viral trends and toxic messages that set unrealistic standards about the ideal body image. This has translated into a far too common ...

Breanna Lepre works for The University of Queensland and is a member of Dietitians Australia. Breanna is neurodivergent and has lived experience of an eating disorder. Lauren Ball works for The ...