Eating Disorders

What is bulimia?

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:38:16 +0100

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder. Someone with bulimia may experience episodes of binge-eating, followed by behaviours to prevent weight gain. Behaviours may include vomiting, excessive exercise, or misuse of laxatives. These cycles are often driven by a need to regain control or manage difficult emotions. They can have serious effects on both...

What are the symptoms of eating disorders?

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:23:05 +0100

Eating disorders affect both mental and physical health. The signs can include extreme focus on weight or food, changes in eating habits, distorted body image, and serious emotional distress. These signs vary depending on the type of eating disorder but often involve patterns of restriction, bingeing, purging, or excessive exercise. In this guide, ...

Breaking the silence: Men's hidden struggle with muscle dysphoria

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:10:00 +0100

When discussing eating disorders or body image issues, men were previously vastly underrepresented in studies, making intervention a challenge. We’ve seen an increase in awareness of eating disorders impacting men, with 25 % of those with eating disorders identifying as male, but one common mental health crisis affecting many men still requir...

Eating disorders and suicide: The hidden risk to patients

Wed, 28 May 2025 11:18:36 +0100

When many people think of the risks of eating disorders going unaddressed, they likely think of physical risks such as heart failure, muscle atrophy, damage to organs such as the liver, pancreas, and kidneys, hormone imbalances, and more. One risk that you may not consider is the second leading cause of death among individuals with anorexia nervosa...

Orthorexia – 5 signs your healthy eating isn’t so healthy after all

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:48:30 +0000

The concept of healthy eating is nothing new. Throughout history, people have always been conscious about what they eat, but never more so than in recent decades. There are seemingly endless claims about the health benefits of cutting out one thing or increasing another when it comes to our diets. In the 1960s, the low-carb Atkins diet was develope...

Tips to support someone with an eating disorder

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:23:56 +0100

The number of people with eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder has risen since the start of the pandemic. In April 2021, eating disorders charity Beat confirmed to HuffPost UK a 302% rise in demand for helpline services since the first lockdown in March 2020. Eating disorder r...