Tim Tollefson is a professional ultra-runner, a two-time Olympic marathon trials qualifier and a three-time USA Track and Field trail national champion. But what most people don’t know is that despite ...

BDD is a serious and debilitating neurobiologic disorder affecting a significant percentage of the population. It has long been understudied and misunderstood, leading to misdiagnosis and insufficient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with body dysmorphia during pregnancy had lower quality of life and body image. Women reported physical ...

Pregnancy is often celebrated as a transformative and joyful journey, but for individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), it can be a deeply challenging experience. The combination of physical ...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric condition distinguished by an excessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in one’s appearance, despite these defects being minor or unobservable to ...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a debilitating mental illness characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in one's physical appearance. Patients with BDD often have distorted ...

Whole brain multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) reveals that seed brain regions including the thalamus [8 -6 8] (yellow), insula [-42 8 -6] (green), inferior parietal lobe (IPL) [-54 -38 38] (red), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Body dysmorphic disorder is more prevalent in adolescence than childhood, particularly among girls. Screening ...

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May) has found that many people who are living with obesity conceal their body in their WhatsApp profile ...

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In a typical case of BDD, a sufferer will commonly present a detailed description of how ugly or abnormal a particular body feature appears. He or she will describe the flaw with great conviction, but ...

"What's my size now?" Source: Dedraw Studio/Shutterstock Pregnancy is often celebrated as a transformative and joyful journey, but for individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), it can be a ...