However, for Muslims living with or recovering from eating disorders, ritualized abstinence from food can pose serious mental and physical health challenges. About 9% of Americans will struggle ...

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves a fixation on healthy eating. A person with the disorder may focus so much on optimal nutrition that it impacts other aspects of their life.

Yeshiva bochurim stood outside 770 Eastern Parkway together with their Mashpia Rabbi Kuti Feldman and prepared 'mayim shelanu,' the water that will be used for the baking of shmura matzos for their ...

She had been under ventilator support for four days. The student had avoided eating enough food for the past year due to a fear of gaining weight. Her condition worsened due to very low food intake.

For example, weight stigma promotes the idea that individuals must "control" their weight, often leading to harmful eating behaviors and distorted thoughts about food, exercise, and body image.

Most areas in England are planning cuts to specialist eating-disorder services for children and young people this year, an analysis shows. Of the nation's 42 NHS integrated care boards ...