Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental health condition that involves changes in eating habits, among other symptoms. It can start in childhood. Anorexia nervosa usually affects people in their teenage ...

Better screening for eating disorders is needed, says Lisa Ranzenhofer, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Jacobs ...

People always ask, ‘Is it possible to recover from this illness?’ And yes, it is possible to recover from this illness at any age, but it still remains part of your health legacy. And if you are ...

Anorexia nervosa restricting type is a subtype of anorexia nervosa that involves restricting food intake without bingeing or purging. Some people who have this subtype also exercise excessively.

Young patients who starve themselves risk bradycardia, anemia, bone loss—and even death. Yet few patients receive proper care, experts say. She’s starving but not hungry and skeletally thin but says ...

Atypical anorexia mirrors anorexia with restrictive eating behaviors and psychological distress, yet even after weight loss from unhealthy behaviors, people with atypical anorexia maintain a BMI in or ...

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New research indicates that the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is associated with being an early riser, unlike many other disorders that tend to be evening-based such as depression, binge eating ...

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include ...

A genetic association study evaluated the relationship between anorexia nervosa and various sleep traits, indicating potential avenues for future research on the link between circadian rhythms and ...

A new study is describing a potential biomarker to identify a person’s risk of developing anorexia nervosa. The research proposes measuring levels of anxiety alongside a specific type of twitching eye ...

OK, so we have some strong evidence for correlations between anorexia and cognitive impairment. (See part two.) Now we can start asking causal questions. It might seem obvious that if cognitive ...