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 ...

Eating disorders affect people of all races and ethnicities. However, barriers to healthcare may prevent some racial and ethnic groups from receiving equitable diagnoses and treatment.

The cause of eating disorders is thought to include multifactorial, including biological, sociocultural and psychological factors.

Family can help youth who are struggling with eating disorders and how cultural expectations and social media may play a role.

Long overlooked in women 40 and older, midlife eating disorders are going up. Eating disorder specialists cite hormonal ...

Eating behaviour is determined by genetic, psychological, sociocultural, and environmental factors. Disturbances in eating behaviour characterized by either insufficient or excessive food intake ...

Jason Nagata, a pediatrician specializing in eating disorders in boys and men at the University of California, San Francisco, ...

The exact cause of eating disorders is often unclear, but sociocultural, biological, and psychological factors influence their development.

According to WHO, eating disorders have long been associated with sociocultural factors. The drive for thinness is not a universal ideal, and in many non-Western cultures, plumpness is considered ...

BACP-registered therapists share five common myths that they want to dispel around eating disorders to promote a better understanding of these mental illnesses.

According to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), around 20 million women and 10 million men will experience difficulties with an eating disorder at some point in their life. Over the ...

Eating behaviour is determined by genetic, psychological, sociocultural, and environmental factors. Disturbances in eating behaviour characterized by either insufficient or excessive food intake ...