"I knew she was dead serious," Hailey Welch told Newsweek.
New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to seek treatment.
Not so long ago, doctors and therapists blamed anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders on overly controlling parents.
"No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder.
Bulimia involves recurrent episodes of binge eating, in which someone consumes an abnormally large amount of food in a short time, as well as subsequent compensatory behaviors to prevent weight .
Bulimia is an eating disorder in which you have episodes of binge eating.
Nearly 29 million Americans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.
New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to .
In this sobering but ultimately hopeful documentary, NOVA examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of eating disorders, particularly anorexia and bulimia.