We used data on hospital day-case and inpatient care across five decades in the Oxford Record Linkage Study (ORLS), and similar data for all England from 1990. We analysed rates of admission for ...

Kate Purcell was in her final year of primary school when she decided she wanted to be healthier and shed some puppy fat. “My mum was doing a Weight Watchers diet so I kind of jumped on board,” Kate, ...

The anorexia of aging is a widespread problem amongst older people, particularly in the hospital setting with up to 60% affected. Despite its high prevalence anorexia often goes undiagnosed in ...

A mother, an Olympic hopeful, a medical student, a waitress and a writer. What do the lives and deaths of five women tell us about how anorexia is managed and treated? "A lucky dip". That is coroner ...

Recovery from an eating disorder is typically a long process. Many people may even relapse during this time. Relapse is often due to stressful situations. Anorexia nervosa describes an eating disorder ...

Medicaid-insured kids with anorexia hospitalized for medical stabilization remain in hospital longer than peers with private insurance despite similar illness severity, according to a study from Ann & ...

A woman who was in hospital for six years with anorexia said she thought she was going to die. Katrina Cheshire, 24, from Uckfield, East Sussex, lost about three stone (19kg) in weight and spent most ...