9% of the US population will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, although statistics of subclinical rates of disordered eating are significantly higher. Next to opioid overdose, they are among the most lethal mental illnesses, responsible for one death...
Anorexia is both an eating disorder and a mental illness. It’s the third-highest chronic illness among adolescents. A life-threatening disease, research shows that the mortality rate associated with anorexia is 12x higher than the death rate of all other causes...
Orthorexia refers to the obsession with eating healthy food. Although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) does not officially recognize orthorexia as a clinical eating disorder, it shares many similarities with other conditions like...
Everyone has a relationship with food and for many, that relationship is unhealthy. While eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia are well known, binge eating disorder can often go unnoticed by individuals and their loved ones. In the third session,...
Anorexia and bulimia are both eating disorders, and eating disorders affect at least 9% of the worldwide population. To date, they are among some of the deadliest mental illnesses, ranking only second to opioid overdoses. Unfortunately, eating disorders and body...
Body dysmorphia affects 1 in 50 Americans, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. But most people aren’t talking about it.