“I had an eating disorder early in my life. I was 11, 12 when I was diagnosed with my first eating disorder,” says Anne Poirier, author of The Body Joyful and someone who today, at 59, has struggled ...

Lynsey said people with disordered eating patterns often have had difficult early attachments, loss, or trauma in their lives. They tend to view things in black-and-white terms, may be perfectionists, ...

Disordered eating is the term used when these behaviors are not frequent and/or severe enough to meet an eating disorder diagnosis. Not everyone who engages in these behaviors will develop an eating ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of an occasional series covering disordered eating and diet culture. More than 1 in 5 kids and adolescents around the world show signs of disordered eating, according ...

Eating disorders can have serious impacts on physical and mental health and, in some cases, can even be life-threatening.