How social media can 'trigger' eating disorders in young peopleResearch has shown the percentage of people worldwide who have had some kind of eating disorder during their lives rose from 3.5% in 2000 t...
Crash diet turns fatal: Kerala teen influenced by online weight loss advice dies due to anorexiaAn 18-year-old girl from Kerala died after surviving only on hot water for months. She had anorexia and weighed just 24 kg when she was tak...
Forest Whitaker’s ex-wife dies at the age of 51: Know the reason?Forest Whitaker’s ex-wife Keisha Nash Whitaker died at the age of 51 after battling anorexia for many years. Her ex-husband after their sep...
Everything Now: When does Netflix’s new series premiere? See cast, plot and trailerNetflix will have a new release this October, a new British series called Everything Now. Here's what we know about it.
Changes in UK's top 10 Covid warning signs; see updated list of symptoms hereHyposmia, a change in sense of smell, is a new entrant in the list of prevalent Covid symptoms as cases rise in most parts of the UK.
Brucellosis explained; why you should stay away from raw dairy products, uncooked meat to keep this infection at bayIt's generally detected by blood test.
Your blood test can reveal a lot about your mental health. Depression & schizophrenia can be detected by examining biomarkersThe research will increase our understanding of what causes mental illness.
Smartphone app-based therapy can treat anorexia, eating disordersAnorexic patients can normalise their eating rate by adjusting food intake to feedback from a smartphone app.
Want your child to be a perfectionist? It may increase risk of OCD, social anxietyIt is important to identify the disorder early as the condition often is chronic and recurs throughout life.
Losing too many kilos? Being underweight may increase risk of dementiaIndia tops the global chart in being underweight and is home to over 40% of the world’s underweight population.
Are you sure your lean body isn't a result of an eating disorder?Trying to live up to impossible body images leads a lot of youngsters to eating disorders and other health problems.
- Why obesity, underweight condition may up depression in women
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) Women who are extremely underweight and obese are likely to be at an increased risk of developing common mood disor...
Now, too much of a good thing is badIt is curious that orthorexia nervosa is still not an officially recognised clinical condition, though both sufferers and researchers have ...
Are you skipping meals? It may be an eating disorderBinge-eating or skipping a meal once in a way will not make a big difference to most of us.
Green anaconda dies at Mysore ZooThe Mysore Zoo suffered a casualty on Sunday when one of its main attractions - a green anaconda - died, leaving the conservation centre wi...
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Bulimia and anorexia are all too often fashionista disorders, one of the fast growing family of lifestyle diseases.
- Thin reed line on size zero models
Unilever has just bans its global arms from using models who are excessively thin in their ads.