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Do I Have an Eating Disorder?
Perhaps caring friends or family members are expressing concern about the way you eat. If you are completely honest with yourself, deep down inside you sense that something is wrong...
What Is ARFID?
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Some individuals develop an eating issue that results in losing too much weight, yet that is not their intention. Something about the tastes, textures, smells...
What is Anorexia?
A person with anorexia nervosa is hungry, but he or she denies the hunger because of an irrational fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. Anorexia nervosa is often characterized...
What is Bigorexia?
Most people are familiar with the term anorexia nervosa and the idea that pressure to conform to cultural standards of thinness and beauty drives people to starve their own bodies....
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Many people overeat, but a person with binge eating disorder (BED) frequently consumes unusually large quantities of food all at once while feeling unable to stop. Most become overweight or...
What Is Bulimia?
Bulimia nervosa is characterized by recurring periods of binge eating, during which large amounts of food are consumed in a short period of time -- sometimes as many as 20,000...
Chewing and Spitting
Quite often we hear from individuals who report that they struggle with chewing and spitting, that is, they chew their food and then spit it out before swallowing. Some may...
What is OSFED (EDNOS)?
According to the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), there is a classification of disordered eating that falls outside of the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder...
Night Eating Syndrome
A large number of people report that they can eat well (i.e. healthfully) all day, only to sabotage themselves each evening with eating large amounts of food throughout the night....
What is Orthorexia?
Orthorexia Nervosa is a form of disordered eating characterized by going to extremes in pursuit of a so-called healthy diet. Literally translated, it means "fixation on righteous eating." A person...
Eating Disorder Warning Signs
There are many warning signs that can help indicate when someone might be struggling with distorted views about eating and weight. While this is by no means an exhaustive list,...
Eating Disorder Risks
It may be common to have some kind of eating issue these days, but playing with food and weight can have a serious impact on our well-being. In fact, there are...
Preventing Eating Disorders
The statistics are alarming. Some researchers estimate that at least 20 million women and 10 million men struggle with eating disorders at some point in their lives. Forty to 60%...