The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the bible of psychiatric disorders, specifies four essential features of anorexia nervosa. The first is refusal to maintain body ...

Food was cathartic for Max Sala, something that held his life together and at the same time tore it apart. As a child he ate for comfort, arriving for his freshman year of high school, as he put it, ...

For Dave Chawner, anorexia began in his teenage years. What started as weight loss quickly spiralled when he was praised for it. Soon, he was obsessively weighing himself, counting calories, and ...

Last year, Ed Sheeran opened up about his eating disorder. Collaborating with Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes made him reevaluate his body, which he believed to be too fat when compared to those ...

A study of 2,822 students on a large university campus found 3.6 percent of men had eating disorders. The female to male ratio was 3-to-1. The most widely quoted study, according to the National ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Low-self esteem, poor body image and a perception of not meeting the modern ideal of masculinity are driving more men to consume over-the-counter body-building supplements, ...

For Dave Chawner, anorexia began in his teenage years. What started as weight loss quickly spiralled when he was praised for it. Soon, he was obsessively weighing himself, counting calories, and ...