Eating Disorders

New research has discovered a brain pathway that drives stress-related eating, helping to explain what drives emotional overeating in women

Teenagers with anorexia nervosa, the most serious of all eating disorders, don’t have to be ‘skinny’ - it’s possible to be diagnosed at any weight

Technologies like brain imaging and gene mapping are starting to shed light on the biological drivers of eating disorders, including a link to how our eyes track between points, but is prejudice towards a serious mental illness slowing down progress?

Girls are more likely than boys to suffer body dissatisfaction but a new study shows the damage to quality of life is the same