The Latest Breaking News from Eating Disorders

The Children’s Commissioner for England said the NHS figures were ‘worrying’.

Chef Emily Scott didn’t always have such a favourable view of feasting. But after struggling with anorexia in her teens, she turned her unhealthy relationship with food around and found joy in cooking, she tells Katie Wright

New NHS research reveals the direct effect of the cost of living crisis on people’s mental health. The most vulnerable must be protected, says journalist Dorothy Dunn

No single treatment will work for all people with eating disorders. Even the most highly researched evidence-based treatment may work for some people, but less so for others. When such treatments do not work, it can provoke anxiety.

The vital importance of "listening to your body, respecting its needs and treating it well"

A free program is helping patients years before they usually access treatment.

“Food noise” or thinking about food constantly is not helpful to anyone’s mental health and wellbeing.

Plus: 'How are people meant to live?' AND A room with a view

Since the start of 2020 the number of girls diagnosed with eating disorders has surged - way more than predicted

About one in three people with an eating disorder is male.

Evidence tells us the COVID pandemic and measures put in place to contain the virus negatively affected the mental health of adolescents and young people in the UK and elsewhere. One review study published in August 2021 estimated that the global prevalence of children and adolescents with depression and anxiety…