Valerie Smith, 54, struggled for decades with multiple physical and mental health conditions, including anorexia. At one point, Smith, who is 5’9", was down to 70 pounds and a BMI of 11.

Not so long ago, doctors and therapists blamed anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders on overly controlling parents. When they first gained attention in the late 1970s and early 1980s ...

Anorexia is an eating disorder that can affect people of all ages, genders, ethnic or racial groups, and body sizes and weights. One of the signs of anorexia is not eating enough food. You might ...

These include anorexia nervosa as the most common one, followed by bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, rumination, and two categories that ...