Eating disorder

Help is always available, you just have to reach out.

For millions of us, this is the worst time of the year.

''I now know that it was a form of bulimia but there was no name for it back then.''

Portrayed by British up-and-comer Emma Corrin, the harrowing storyline delves into one of the People's Princess' biggest struggles behind the scenes.

''I wasn't hurting just myself, but everybody around me, especially my family.''

''I think it's so big to share any types of struggles...''

The Bachelor beauty has shared a raw insight into her battle with mental illness.

I existed on next to nothing and my body started shutting down.

“We can talk about stuff and it is not a weakness and not to be ashamed of."

And she's been living with it for more than 10 years.

After her reality show "husband" Anthony takes a swipe at her body.

The former Miss Universe Australia tells OK! about her past body struggles, and how she overcame them.

“I never realised I was such an ugly, fat creature so I needed to change my body to be accepted.”

With diet trends demonising food, the desire for #cleaneating is causing more harm than good.

People with an eating disorder are six times more likely to commit suicide, so why can only 27% of sufferers get the help they need?

Mary was a normal, happy, sporty kid and then something happened... An eating disorder stole her life.

“I would drink a glass of water and think, ‘Oh my god, I’m fat!’”

Hazel is just 11, but she has already been diagnosed with a life-threatening eating disorder. What her mother Ruth Mathewson has to do to save her life is remarkable.

Your toddlers diet of fish fingers or jam sandwiches may seem unhealthy, but she could be getting far more nutrients than you realise.

How to know when your child has an over-eating problem

A woman who suffered from a rare eating disorder has 'eaten herself to death'.

Kate Hudson says it's important for girls to love themselves.

In The Weekly’s online exclusive with Diane Keaton the actress opens up about her new film, love, her battle with bulimia and what Woody Allen taught her.

A new doll that refuses to eat has provoked outrage among parents who claim it encourages anorexia.

A new app that taught girls as young as nine to perform plastic surgery on an overweight blonde woman has been pulled from sale.

Eating disorders and behavioural disorders like autism are two of the biggest health issues plaguing teenagers, and researchers at the University of Cambridge may have found a link between the two. A new study has found teenage girls with obsessions with food and calorie counting share an above-average number of autistic traits — a neurodevelopmental […]

In the late 1990s, the editor ofVogue, Kirstie Clements, was casting for swimsuit models in Sydney, but she decided none of the gorgeous young women were “suitable” to wear a bikini. As she gave up and went to purchase a sandwich at the cafe across the road, she passed the Northside Clinic, which specialises in […]

A graphic new anti-anorexia ad campaign has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social networks. The ‘Say no to anorexia’ images — created by Brazilian modelling agency Star Models — use Photoshop to stretch shockingly thin women to resemble life-size fashion illustrations. The digitally manipulated models appear next to a typical designer’s sketch […]

A Swedish modelling agency has been accused of staking out a treatment centre for eating disorders scouting for anorexic ‘talent’. Director of the Stockholm clinic Anna-Maria af Sandeberg said head hunters had approached ill patients, one wheelchair bound, hoping to recruit them. Kirstie Clements: Thin is in because designers demand it “They were outside the […]

With a quarter of Aussie kids now overweight or obese and thousands of others battling eating disorders, mum-of-two Zoe Arnold asks if it’s possible to raise kids with no body image hang-ups. Fat kids are becoming normal, just like fat adults. Visit any suburban mall and overweight families appear to outnumber average-sized people. But what […]

Following the release of shocking figures that more than half of the UK’s hospital admissions for eating disorders were under-20 and some of those under-10, social media has copped much of the blame for contributing to the development of eating disorders in “the Facebook generation”. Teen and pre-teen eating disorders are on the rise with […]

Already one of the most common chronic disorder affecting young girls, eating disorders are starting to strike at a younger age with children as young as seven being admitted to hospital for treatment. Data from the UK shows that more than 50 under ten-year-olds were admitted to hospital with eating disorders in the past year, […]

Victoria’s Secret model Anja Rubik has been accused of promoting anorexia and starvation after she showed off her skeletal figure in a skimpy white dress at the Met Gala on Monday night. Anja, 28, walked the red carpet in a daring silk Anthony Vaccarello gown, which was slashed to the waist to show off her […]

The pressure to be thin has claimed a young model’s life, with British teen covergirl Bethaney Wallace dying in her sleep after a battle with anorexia. Bethaney, 19, died of suspected heart failure on April 18 after her weight plummeted to just 38kg. The beautiful teen from Newmarket, Suffolk, was 12 when she started modelling […]

The pressure to be thin has claimed another young model’s life, with British teen covergirl Bethaney Wallace dying in her sleep after a battle with anorexia. Bethaney, 19, died of suspected heart failure on April 18 after her weight plummeted to just 38kg. The beautiful teen from Newmarket, Suffolk, was 12 when she started modelling […]

The author of a controversial children’s diet book which targets children as young as four-years-old, is “amazed” by the outrage it has provoked. Paul Kramer, the author of Maggie Goes on a Diet, has defended his independently published book about a heavily overweight 14-year-old girl who becomes a school football star after losing weight. Kramer […]