For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. The stereotype was so pervasive that eating disorder specialists have an acronym for it: SWAG, or skinny, white, ...

Within this overall process, the eating disorders have only recently received serious research interest. The inclusion of nonpurging binge eating as an illness is a natural extension of this ...

Unlike anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder (BID), purging disorder ... by promoting unrealistic "thin-ideal" body images that only serve to fuel body dissatisfaction.

Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder ... we're surrounded by images of edited, idealized ...

Yet, within the world of sport, eating disorders often go undetected and unchallenged. Disordered behaviour, such as restricting food intake, purging, binge eating, or abusing laxatives, are sometimes ...

The most common types include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. Eating disorders are mental and behavioral conditions involving persistent disturbances in eating ...

Because of its strong links to affective illness and other disorders linked to serotonin ... in 45 obese patients (with and without binge eating), Marcus and colleagues [63] reported that patients ...