5. Make a commitment to exercise for the joy of feeling your body move and grow stronger, not to purge fat from your body or to compensate for calories eaten. 6. Practice taking people seriously for what they say, feel, and do, not for how slender or “well put together” they...

By: Michael Levine, Ph.D., and Linda Smolak, Ph.D. Examine closely your dreams and goals for your children and other loved ones. Are you over-emphasizing beauty and body shape? 1. Consider your thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors toward your own body and the way that these beliefs have been...

While eating disorders may begin with preoccupations with food and weight, they are most often about much more than food. Eating disorders are complex conditions that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral, emotional, psychological, interpersonal, and social factors. Scientists and...

By Mayo Clinic staff Eating disorders are characterized by a preoccupation with weight that results in severe disturbances in eating and other behaviors. These disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. * Anorexia nervosa. Essentially...