Super thin mannequins have been around for at least 40 years; why NOW are they causing eating disorders? Or is it just easier to blame a prop and ignore the real factors behind anorexia nervosa? [...]

First of all, not all women who appear “too thin” have an eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is a term that many laypeople associate with a particular body appearance: emaciated or one that appears “way too [...]

Anorexics have very disturbing reasons why they want to be thin – reasons that differ from why “normal” women want to be thin. Some reasons defy logic. Many women want to be “thin.” And a [...]

We really can't be putting all the blame on "scary skinny" celebrities on the rash of eating disorders like anorexia nervosa. A teen girl with anorexia nervosa, and more so her alarmed family, may blame the so-called [...]

An expert explains the risks children have in developing anorexia nervosa when their mother struggles with the eating disorder herself. How much can an anorexic environment, created by a mother, raise the risk of her [...]

It’s a fair question: If a woman has anorexia and has not yet had children, should she postpone parenthood until she absolutely feels she has conquered her eating disorder? Anorexia nervosa is a form of [...]

A girl is more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, relative to her baseline inclination, if her mother has this eating disorder. From an intuitive point of view, it seems as though just the sight of [...]

Here are guidelines for kids to help their mother with anorexia nervosa seek treatment. If you’re a teenager or even younger, and your mother has anorexia nervosa, it’s presumable that you’d like to help out, [...]

Some people believe that a woman with anorexia should not have children  --  “have” as in raise kids. In other words, that it’s not ethically right for anorexic women to decide to rear kids, as [...]

Though anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder rather than a drug or alcohol addiction, its consequences can have a profoundly negative effect on children of the patient. Don’t assume “It’s just an eating disorder; how [...]

If you’re a teenaged girl who’s struggling because your mother has anorexia nervosa, know that you are absolutely not to blame for your mother’s eating disorder, says Linda Centeno, PhD, clinical psychologist, and assistant director [...]

If you have anorexia nervosa, don't underestimate how damaging the effects of this will be on your children, especially daughters. One woman shares how badly her anorexia nervosa affected her daughter. I interviewed Kari Adams, who [...]

A tiny waist should not automatically mark a woman as having an eating disorder or anorexia nervosa. Look at the waist of the woman above; it’s what would be considered tiny or “too skinny.” However, [...]