The UNEF believes that preventive healthcare on campuses is inadequate and is calling for the creation of a more comprehensive service centered on "health centers" for students, operated...

According to the Federation of General Student Associations (FAGE), the current student preventive healthcare system is inadequate. FAGE recommends a medical checkup for all first-year...

There are 28 regional centers for university and school services (CROUs) in France. Financial aid, social services, housing, meal services, and local outreach and prevention programs are...

Marie Paulen, a journalist, presents the documentary "Des nouvelles d'ici-bas," which follows the stories of people living in precarious circumstances. In an interview, director Françoit...

Eating disorders primarily include anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Anorexia affects 0.9% of women, and bulimia affects 1.5%. However, in adolescence, milder forms of these...

The mechanisms underlying anorexia and its physiological consequences are well understood thanks to scientific studies, but research into its causes—including psychological ones—remains...

There are no set rules for treating adolescent girls with anorexia; each case is unique. The decision to hospitalize must be made jointly by the healthcare professionals, the adolescent,...

Does the societal ideal of a slim body explain why some teenage girls develop anorexia? Xavier Pommereau analyzes the influence of societal factors and broadens the discussion to include...

Françoise Narring sees young people—some of whom suffer from anorexia or bulimia—at the University Hospital of Geneva, in a unit specializing in adolescents. She explains why, even...

The organization Allo Anorexie Boulimie, based in Nantes, supports parents of children with eating disorders. Its president, Marie-Élisabeth Saillet—herself the mother of a daughter who...