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Eating disorders don’t only affect young, white women. A range of previously overlooked groups can be impacted, and treatments are finally being geared to them.

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The most common eating disorder is one you’ve never heard of

It’s on the rise and affects people of all body sizes and genders. But binge eating disorder is widely misunderstood and often ignored.

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Hormones may be the key to treating anorexia

It’s serious and sometimes deadly, but anorexia has been under-studied for decades. New research into the eating disorder’s link with oestrogen offers hope.

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Why eating disorder care must be geared to neurodivergent patients

A third of people with an eating disorder are neurodivergent, yet traditional eating disorder research and treatments haven’t factored this into the equation.

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Social media fuels unhealthy beauty standards among Indonesian teens

Widespread use of social media among young people in Indonesia could be driving the country’s rising prevalence of eating disorders too.

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Identity and disordered eating among Indian women

Treatment for disordered eating should be informed by personal identity struggles that are deeply embedded in specific social, political and economic contexts.

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Fear on a plate: an unusual TikTok trend

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In the era of AI-generated news, readers value trust over customised content

Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you

AI and the news: How it helps, fails, and why that matters

Researchers are dismantling this myth about eating disorders

Hormones may be the key to treating anorexia

Why eating disorder care must be geared to neurodivergent patients

Social media fuels unhealthy beauty standards among Indonesian teens

Fear on a plate: an unusual TikTok trend

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