Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The term “eating disorder” conjures different images for different people. Perhaps one imagines the stereotypical middle-class adolescent girl ...

There’s been a common misperception for years that external, sociocultural factors drive eating disorders (EDs). These include everything from overbearing, perfectionist fathers and traumatic ...

People with eating disorders often describe their thoughts as obsessive and their behaviors as ritualistic, or say that their brain just will not stop. Some wonder if what they are experiencing is OCD ...

While the concept of eating disorders has become more broadly discussed over the last few years, less is understood about the psychology behind them — namely, what is happening inside the brain of a ...