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Eating disorders

June 2024

  • Amy Beth Hayes, Hannah Saxby, Witney White, Sirine Saba, Joshua James and Leah Brotherhead in Some Demon.

    Some Demon review – secrets and cynicism in an adult eating disorder unit

  • Tom Usher

    Men are less able to identify eating disorders – I called mine ‘cutting weight’

    Tom Usher

May 2024

  • Sarah Coyte poses at home in Sydney, Australia

    The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman: elite sport’s problem with disordered eating

    Athletes are breaking their silence about their experience of eating disorders and disordered eating. Why is this happening in an arena celebrated as the epitome of health?

April 2024

  • Stock image of a woman talking to a mental health professional

    The modern mind
    Eating disorders are not a choice, they are a disease – I wish more people knew how treatable they are

    Xavier Mulenga
    Recovery can be a lengthy process but I see more people get better when they engage with treatment than not
  • Composite illustration of a bride's dress and groom's suit, a wedding cake, a tape measure, weighing scales, and flowers.

    ‘The perceived scrutiny is immense’: how weddings can worsen eating and body image disorders

    From dress shopping to weight-loss pressures, nuptials can open a Pandora’s box of body-image issues. Experts share advice on reducing the risk of new or worsening symptoms
  • Laura Snapes

    It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness

    Laura Snapes
    Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic suggests that the singer’s desire for a baby was the main source of her suffering. It’s a gendered simplification that exonerates the forces that killed her

March 2024

  • Jessie Diggins is by far the most decorated American cross-country skier in the sport’s history

    Jessie Diggins: ‘Eating disorders are about control when you feel like you have none’

    Having reached the summit of cross-country skiing (again), the former Olympic champion opens up about a relapse that nearly thwarted her season
  • Charithra Chandran as Eileen in Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon

    Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon review – Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran glows and rages

    Chandran is brilliantly bratty in Rosie Day’s one-woman story of vulnerability masked by sarcasm and bravado
  • Lara Rodwell

    Why I quit
    How I stopped comparing my appearance to my identical twin’s – and healed our relationship

    Lara Rodwell
    Comments about our differences used to wound me. But then I was forced to confront my decades-long resentment, says writer Lara Rodwell

February 2024

  • Pupils eating school lunch

    UK eating disorder charity says calls from people with Arfid have risen sevenfold

    Beat chief says NHS bosses must end postcode lottery in care for people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder
  • John Harris

    Your illness worsens – so care is cut off. This is the scandal playing out in eating disorder treatment

    John Harris
    Patients I’ve spoken to in the east of England were desperate for help, with dangerously low BMIs. On what possible grounds were they discharged?, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
  • Head shot of Esther Ghey in shadow, as she poses for a portrait in Manchester the day after holding a vigil marking the first anniversary of her daughter's murder

    Brianna Ghey’s mother warns tech bosses more children will die without action

    Exclusive: Esther Ghey says she believes social media use left her daughter vulnerable, while killers were able to access violent content online

January 2024

  • Amelia Tait

    Beware the mix of food and fear – the truth about ultra-processed foods is still emerging

    Amelia Tait
    Early research on UPFs is welcome – but if people are missing out on nutrients in a quest to avoid them, is it really helping, asks journalist Amelia Tait

December 2023

  • Pencil nibs, chalk, plaster, dirt and ice seem to be the most common items eaten by people with pica syndrome.

    ‘A pile of dirt makes me drool’: why some people crave and eat inedible things

    From chalk to rubbers and clay, there are a variety of reasons why those with pica syndrome yearn to eat non-foodstuffs. But is this dangerous?

October 2023

  • Aishwarya Rai walks the runway during the L’Oréal show as part of Paris fashion week, at the Eiffel Tower on 1 October.

    So many Indian women struggle with their body image. We need to talk about why

    Pragya Agarwal
    It is easy to blame Bollywood and the media for unrealistic expectations of beauty – but there are deeper social factors at work
  • Everything Now - Production Still Image Sophia Wild

    Everything Now review – this witty teen drama is a sweet, nuanced look at anorexia

    There’s a real bounce and energy to this beautifully acted Netflix coming-of-age tale about a 16-year-old with an eating disorder – who’s on a mission to live wildly
  • ‘It’s a huge privilege – and a massive shock’ … Laura Waldren

    Laura Waldren wins Papatango new writing prize for Some Demon

    The playwright and actor’s debut drama about life on an eating disorder unit will have its world premiere at the Arcola theatre in London next summer

September 2023

  • Dorothy Dunn

    If I’d been given palliative care when I had an eating disorder, I would not be here today

    Dorothy Dunn
    My own recovery from the ‘hopeless’ stage of this condition shows we must never give up on patients, says the writer Dorothy Dunn
  • A person holding up a sign saying: 'Cut the wait, not the weight!'

    Some English patients with eating disorders sent to Scotland for treatment

    NHS England data shows 84 patients were sent hospitals in Scotland in 2020-23 due to lack of beds near their homes
  • Sarah Cox

    ‘You are still overweight’: how a doctor’s health advice triggered Sarah’s eating disorder

    Experts say dietary guidelines from Australian government bodies are too weight-centric – a ‘huge disconnect’ between science and policy
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