/tags/eating-disorders Eating Disorders en-US Copyright Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-21/eating-disorder-black-women-people-of-color-anorexia-bulimia While eating disorders affect all races and ethnicities at similar rates, people of color are less than half as likely to receive a diagnosis than their white counterparts. A licensed mental health therapist decided to dig into why. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2025-03-21/eating-disorder-black-women-people-of-color-anorexia-bulimia Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Wilson Sayre /military/2022-04-07/veterans-are-at-higher-risk-of-eating-disorders-the-pressure-of-military-life-may-be-one-cause A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate. Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:45:26 GMT /military/2022-04-07/veterans-are-at-higher-risk-of-eating-disorders-the-pressure-of-military-life-may-be-one-cause Desiree D'Iorio /health/2020-10-13/worldwide-unc-eating-disorder-study-may-produce-quantum-advance-in-understanding UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have embarked on what could become the world's largest eating disorders genetic study.When completed, researchers could have… Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:30:00 GMT /health/2020-10-13/worldwide-unc-eating-disorder-study-may-produce-quantum-advance-in-understanding Jason deBruyn /health/2020-08-27/make-eating-social-again-how-covid-19-challenges-those-with-eating-disorders For many who suffer from eating disorders, COVID-19 has thrown a curveball into their usual management and coping methods. Social isolation has meant less… Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:50:06 GMT /health/2020-08-27/make-eating-social-again-how-covid-19-challenges-those-with-eating-disorders Stacia Brown, Anita Rao /health/2016-08-08/big-fat-and-fabulous-with-whitney-way-thore This is a rebroadcast of a program that originally aired on June 27, 2016.Whitney Way Thore knows how much she has weighed at every point in her life.And… Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:51:00 GMT /health/2016-08-08/big-fat-and-fabulous-with-whitney-way-thore Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-08/big-fat-and-fabulous-with-whitney-way-thore This is a rebroadcast of a program that originally aired on June 27, 2016.Whitney Way Thore knows how much she has weighed at every point in her life.And… Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:51:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-08/big-fat-and-fabulous-with-whitney-way-thore Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-07-27/in-believarexic-author-j-j-johnson-fulfills-a-promise-to-her-teenage-self Note: This segment originally aired January 21, 2016.When J.J. Johnson was 15 years old, she had to force her family to admit that she needed help for her… Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:50:00 GMT /arts-culture/2016-07-27/in-believarexic-author-j-j-johnson-fulfills-a-promise-to-her-teenage-self Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-27/in-believarexic-author-j-j-johnson-fulfills-a-promise-to-her-teenage-self Note: This segment originally aired January 21, 2016.When J.J. Johnson was 15 years old, she had to force her family to admit that she needed help for her… Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-27/in-believarexic-author-j-j-johnson-fulfills-a-promise-to-her-teenage-self Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /military/2016-03-21/military-report-shows-more-cases-of-eating-disorders-among-troops A report from the Department of Defense says more service members are being diagnosed with eating disorders.The stresses of combat and the military's… Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:33:19 GMT /military/2016-03-21/military-report-shows-more-cases-of-eating-disorders-among-troops Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-03-21/military-report-shows-more-cases-of-eating-disorders-among-troops A report from the Department of Defense says more service members are being diagnosed with eating disorders.The stresses of combat and the military's… Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:33:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-03-21/military-report-shows-more-cases-of-eating-disorders-among-troops Will Michaels, Frank Stasio