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anorexia nervosa news

Fatima Sana Shaikh opens up about her bulimia; experts decode the ED rabbit hole

Fatima Sana Shaikh opens up about her bulimia; experts decode the eating disorder rabbit hole
Published on Nov 20, 2025 02:06 pm IST

Who was Nihal Candan? Turkish influencer dies after struggling with anorexia

Popular Turkish influencer Nihal Candan has passed away.
Published on Jun 21, 2025 04:16 am IST

Kerala girl weighing 'hardly 24 kg' dies of extreme dieting: What is anorexia?

Anorexia nervosa, often simply called anorexia, is an eating disorder in which people have a low body weight. (Representative picture Freepik)
Published on Mar 11, 2025 01:15 pm IST

Anorexia is more than body image: Study shows anxiety is at the core of its root

Anorexia may seem like it's just about food intake restriction, but it has a lot of emotional entanglement at play.
Updated on Feb 22, 2025 12:24 pm IST

Orthorexia: How it can affect us? Nutritionist shares tips to manage

Orthorexia, also referred to as orthorexia nervosa, is an eating disorder which is associated with restrictive eating.
Published on Dec 10, 2024 08:53 pm IST

29 kg woman battling anorexia asked for ‘diet tips’ by nurses before she died

The woman in Australia was battling anorexia nervosa.
Updated on Oct 25, 2024 05:53 pm IST

Hyperactivity disorder linked to increased risk of mental health issues: Study

Hyperactivity disorder linked to increased risk of mental health issues: Study
Published on Sept 07, 2023 03:34 pm IST

Meditation is beneficial for people with anorexia: Research

Meditation is beneficial for people with anorexia: Research
Published on Feb 06, 2023 07:00 pm IST

Why do pregnant women face problem of loss of appetite: Here's what study says

Why do some pregnant women face problem of loss of appetite: Here's what study says
Published on Apr 25, 2022 02:04 pm IST

Individual’s sexual orientation associated with eating disorders, says study

Researchers found that the rates of self-reported eating disorders were the highest among transgender people. Heterosexual men had the lowest rates.
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 12:31 pm IST

Study reveals how stress can curb eating desire

People with anorexia nervosa avoid food, severely restrict food, or eat very small quantities of only certain foods.
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 01:57 pm IST

Eating disorders linked to long-term depression risk for mothers

Previous studies had suggested that depressive symptoms among mothers with eating disorders might improve after the perinatal period, but those studies didn’t have such a long follow-up time to confirm that the increased risk of depressive symptoms does, in fact, persist for women who have had an eating disorder.
Updated on May 15, 2019 09:35 am IST

Anorexia nervosa can alter your brain’s response to taste

People with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa associate certain foods with weight gain and try to avoid it.
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 12:37 pm IST

Psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder may be genetic

In the study published in the journal Science, the team measured the amount of genetic overlap across the disorders using genome-wide association studies.
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 03:12 pm IST