An increased disconnect from your body can make it easier to harm yourself, whether by disordered eating or suicide. Maskot/Maskot via Getty Images Did you know that anorexia is the most lethal mental ...

Body dissatisfaction among 16-year-olds may predict risk for later development of eating disorders, depression, and higher ...

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. Body dysmorphic disorder is often ...

Positive body image captures an overall respect and appreciation for one’s body, regardless of whether it meets societal standards for how a body “should” look and function. In recent years, more ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this condition: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

One in every 50 people may have body dysmorphic disorder. Robyn Stern, a licensed clinical social worker in New York, has missed weeks and months of her life due to body dysmorphic disorder, an ...

Eating Disorders are serious but treatable mental and physical illnesses that can affect people of all genders, ages, races, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, body shapes, weights, ...

Smriti Mandhana’s viral body-shaming incident highlights how appearance-based trolling can trigger body dysmorphia and damage mental health especially in the age of social media Read ahead to know how ...

You may not have heard of body checking, but it's a common symptom of a few different mental health conditions, including eating disorders, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and health anxiety. Body ...

For some people, Christmas is all about twinkly lights, bottomless prosecco and cosy catch-ups. But for others, the festive ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. An individual with body dysmorphic disorder is overly preoccupied with what are perceived as gross imperfections in their ...