According to a recent survey by the University of West England (UWE), a staggering four out of five British men are unhappy with their bodies. Of the 384 British men studied for the survey, 35% of them said they would happily exchange a year of their life for the ideal body shape. The survey showed read more »

Scientists in Australia believe that giving obese people counselling based on the same psychological approach as for those with anorexia, could help them with their battle against weight. The researchers revealed their findings after discovering that obese or severely overweight people and those suffering with anorexia, share a similar condition that affects the brain, even read more »

According to a UK study of over 11,000 mothers, women with a history of eating disorders may struggle to fall pregnant quickly and are twice as likely to need fertility treatment than the general population, reports BBC News. In a study of more than 11,000 women, a team of researchers from King’s College London and read more »

According to new figures taken from 35 NHS hospitals in England, in the past three years over 2000 children under the age of 16 were treated for eating disorders. The figures, which were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Brownies and eating disorder charity B-eat, also revealed that 197 of the cases read more »

Continuing scientific research into eating disorders suggests that parents are not to blame for their development and it is biological causes that are more significant than anything a parent does or does not do. Back in the 1970s eating disorders were very much attributed to the way parents raised their children, especially the mother. Famously, read more »

Pica is the term used to describe a rare eating disorder which involves the craving of non-food items such as cleaning products and most commonly effects pregnant women and young children. 26 year old Emma Veness from Birmingham is just one of many mothers-to-be who find themselves developing odd cravings. Now pregnant with her second read more »

Editor in chief of Italian Vogue Franca Sozzani, has put three plus-sized models on the cover of the June 2011 issue in the latest step of her campaign against pro-anorexia websites and blogs. Tara Lynn, Robyn Lawley and Candice Huffine are pictured on the front of this months Vogue Italia seductively displaying their gorgeous curves read more »

How to Look Good Naked presenter Gok Wan has relaunched his campaign which hopes to see the introduction of body image classes in schools throughout the UK. The campaign was fuelled by Wan’s personal experiences of being bullied whilst at school for being too tall, mixed race and overweight, leading to the development of low read more »

According to a recent study conducted by researchers from University College London’s Institute of Child Health, there were 208 recorded cases of eating disorders among children under 13 during their 14 month study. Dr Dasha Nicholls who is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and lead researcher on the project, said : ‘Our study gives read more »

According to the National Centre for Eating Disorders (NCFED) many individuals are taking the idea of a healthy balanced diet to an unnatural and dangerous extreme. Orthorexia is the term used to describe an obsession with only eating what are deemed to be ‘healthy’ foods, and see’s sufferers cutting out certain food groups as well read more »