Anorexia nervosa affects males as well as females, and affected males have a sixfold higher mortality rate than males in the general population. A new article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has reached consensus on candidate biomarkers for anorexia ...

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 ...

Anorexia is a serious mental health disorder that typically begins during adolescence. A study, conducted by the Research Unit of Population Health and Oulu Business School at the University of Oulu, ...

For Dave Chawner, anorexia began in his teenage years. What started as weight loss quickly spiralled when he was praised for it. Soon, he was obsessively weighing himself, counting calories, and ...

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 is an eating disorder that occurs when a person refuses to eat an adequate amount of food or is unable to maintain a minimally healthy weight for their height—a body mass index below ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...