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

Arcola theatre, LondonSet in a chronically understaffed treatment centre, Laura Waldren’s searing play homes in on the hellish cycles and contradictions caused by the conditionFor anyone who has ever lived with an eating disorder, Laura Waldren’s Papat...

June 18, 2024/by Anya Ryan

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

Male body dysmorphia has rocketed – maybe because we’re desperate to assert a sense of control over our chaotic livesLooking back, it was probably when I started checking how many grams of carbohydrates were in red onions and broccoli that my eating di...

June 14, 2024/by Tom Usher

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?Elite sport has long been consumed with the idea of the superhuman. Pushing the ...

May 3, 2024/by Megan Maurice

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 notEmily is a 24-year-old single female with anorexia nervosa and depression who was referred for an assessment due to restricting food intake, bei...

April 28, 2024/by Xavier Mulenga

‘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 symptomsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt’s often expected to be the “happie...

April 13, 2024/by Lydia Hales

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

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• This article contains spoilers for Back to BlackAnyone who saw Asi...

April 12, 2024/by Laura Snapes

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 seasonCross-country skiing at the elite level feels closer to survivalism than sport, a staredown with existential ...

March 25, 2024/by Bryan Armen Graham

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

Garrick theatre, LondonChandran is brilliantly bratty in Rosie Day’s one-woman story of vulnerability masked by sarcasm and bravadoRosie Day’s one-woman play takes teen pain seriously. In a blank bedroom washed in lilac, this coming-of-age story deals ...

March 18, 2024/by Kate Wyver

How I stopped comparing my appearance with 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“Why are you fat, and why is she thin,” a puzzled middle-aged man asked, as my identical twin Katy and I strolled into a restaurant in central ...

March 11, 2024/by Lara Rodwell

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

Beat chief says NHS bosses must end postcode lottery in care for people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder The number of people in the UK who have a previously little-known eating disorder, in which those afflicted avoid many foods, has ris...

February 26, 2024/by Denis Campbell Health policy editor

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

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?Last week, I had a long conversation with a woman who is trying desperately to loosen the awful grip of an ...

February 25, 2024/by John Harris

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‘I want to make things better’: Esther Ghey on her hopes for online reformThe mother of Brianna Ghey has cal...

February 12, 2024/by Helen Pidd North of England editor

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