Plant-based eating has never been more popular, as people have slowly become more aware of the negative health and environmental impacts of meat and dairy products. But for Melissa Stanger, LCSW, a ...

Children with a restrictive eating disorder show recognizable changes in brain structure, according to a new study. Identifying the causes of these changes could help researchers understand how these ...

Loss of appetite, whether from restrictive eating disorders in childhood or illness-driven wasting in adulthood, can trigger lasting, structural changes in the brain. The brain is in constant ...

You've seen it on Instagram a million times. Someone proudly showing their meal prep containers filled with quinoa and kale, ...

You start with the best intentions. Whole foods. Organic labels. Nothing processed. You read every ingredient, decline ...

"I've had many patients come to me with restrictive eating patterns, but they say like, I'm not trying to lose weight, you know, restricting for some other reason. And when I tell them you do actually ...

For those suffering from Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), eating can trigger intense fear, anxiety, and distress ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. One eating disorder that parents may not be as familiar with is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Doctors say when the ...

When people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype ...

Children should not be denied help in treating eating disorders on the basis of their body mass index (BMI), the NHS says.