‘Bigorexia’ Is On The Rise. Here’s What Parents Should Know
Parents today are generally aware of mental health conditions that relate to body image, including common disorders like anorexia. But experts warn a lesser-known issue is on the rise, particularly among boys: muscle dysmorphia, aka “bigorexia.” With bigorexia, the afflicted person Read more >>
Understanding Disordered Eating in Youth
In this Voices of Compassion podcast, we talk about eating disorders with Michael Manzano, MS, Doctoral Intern in Clinical Psychology at Children’s Health Council (CHC) and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Join us as we navigate this sensitive yet Read more >>
What You Need to Know About Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are serious and often fatal illnesses that are associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Read more >>
The ‘Silent Epidemic’ of Eating Disorders
Researchers who study eating disorders sometimes call them the silent epidemic. Despite the stereotype that these disorders afflict only young white women, the truth is that they occur among people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, races, shapes, and sizes. Read more >>
Here Are the Signs of an Eating Disorder — the Ones You Know and the Ones You Don’t
For an illness that affects so many people, there are plenty of misconceptions about eating disorders, experts say. Read more >>
Common Mental Health Conditions—What to Look For
People can experience different types of mental health problems. These problems can affect your thinking, mood, and behavior. Many symptoms of mental health disorders are common. The symptoms can add up to the level of a disorder if these symptoms Read more >>
What Is Atypical Anorexia Nervosa?
Atypical anorexia is an eating disorder that’s like anorexia nervosa. It’s often missed because people with atypical anorexia have a weight that’s average or above for their height, not under. But atypical anorexia can be a serious health concern. Treatment Read more >>
Giving Up On A Perfect Recovery Actually Helped Me Heal From My Eating Disorder
More than a decade of my life, from my early teens to early 20s, was largely defined by my obsessive food and body rituals. I counted calories so closely that I eventually stopped needing to track them, running a list Read more >>
Shaping the Conversation Around Eating Disorders
Data shows that calls to the helpline for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) increased 40% in the first year of the pandemic. Sometimes symptoms might fly under the radar or be dismissed as ‘just a phase,’ but the shame, Read more >>
CHC Recommends — Books About Eating Disorders
Before board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Alexa Wilmarth came to CHC, she worked at a residential eating disorder treatment center for children and adolescents. Alexa recommends the following books for those who are seeking information and support for disordered Read more >>
