Advice & Support

Dr. Douglas Bunnell of the Renfrew Center for eating disorder treatment discusses the latest thinking in intervention.

How to help our daughters overcome the challenges to developing confidence and a positive body image

What parents can do to help girls build confidence based on what they can do, not what they look like

Cultural pressures make girls more likely to develop an eating disorder, but so does female biology and the stress of puberty.

Dr. Douglas Bunnell of the Renfrew Center talks about the importance of family in recovery. If parents are getting “push-back” about their involvement in treatment, “that’s a warning sign.”

The eating disorder can take over the patient's life, until she has nothing left to live for.

With an eating disorder, we need to restore health, then treat the child—and the family.

Two actresses do our kids a favor by speaking up, demonstrating that real courage isn't about suffering in silence. It's about getting help and helping others.

Graphic videos of young people injuring themselves on the website could have the effect of normalizing the behavior. Dr. Koplewicz looks at why our children do this, what to look for, and how to help.

Dr. David Herzog is a Harvard University eating disorders specialist and a member of CMI's Scientific Research Council. He discusses when to be concerned about a disorder like anorexia.