Advocates worry the military’s focus on ‘fit, not fat’ is silencing service members who struggle with their body image. Leah Stiles kept a dark secret tucked in a pocket of her Navy uniform, something ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder. Though similar to women with bulimia, patients who fit this description ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not a person with an eating disorder uses more than one method of purging may be a better indicator of the severity of the disorder than how frequently purging ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder. Though similar to women with bulimia, patients who fit this ...

Candace Cameron Bure addressed how her struggles with body image caused her to take extreme measures in her younger years — and revealed she still deals with insecurities today. “I developed an eating ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that typically involves cycles of bingeing and purging. When blood comes up during vomiting, it may indicate throat damage or other complications. Bulimia can ...

To read this article for CME/CE, click here. June 6, 2008 — More than 10% of adolescent girls and 3% of boys binge eat or purge at least once a week, according to a new study published in the June ...

Bulimia may lead to weight gain rather than loss due to binge eating, as purging doesn’t significantly reduce caloric intake. Weight changes are also possible during recovery. Bulimia nervosa is an ...

An eating disorder during such a delicate time can put both the mother and child in danger. Nutritionally, a mother's body ...