When both friends have anorexia or another eating disorder, the risks are greater. Specialist treatment programs have been found to pose risks to recovery if pro-anorexic dynamics are allowed to ...

Anorexia is like having a distorted mirror in your mind that makes you see yourself as bigger than you really are. It's this relentless fear of gaining weight that drives people to skip meals or eat ...

When Mallary Tenore Tarpley was 11 years old, her mother died from breast cancer. Her father, who was reeling from his wife's death and at a loss to guide his daughter through puberty, gave Tarpley a ...