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An eating disorder is a serious mental health condition marked by severe, harmful disturbances in eating behaviours and a fixation on food, body weight, or shape. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID and OSFED are among the most commonly diagnosed. Each looks different and each is treatable.
Anyone can develop an eating disorder. They can occur across every gender, body size, race, age and income level.
Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID and OSFED are among the most commonly diagnosed. Each looks different and each is treatable.
Preoccupation with food or body, withdrawing from meals with others, rigid rules around eating, big shifts in mood or energy. Signs are behavioural more often than physical.
Lead with care, not comments about appearance. Ask how they're doing, listen without fixing, and encourage professional support.
With the right treatment, people do recover. Early support makes a meaningful difference to how quickly and fully that happens.
You can tell by looking.
Eating disorders are not always visible and it is often hidden.
It's about vanity.
They're mental illnesses often tied to anxiety, control and trauma.
Only girls get them.
People of any gender, race, age, and ethnicity are affected, and many go undiagnosed.
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