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‘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

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

Research on UPFs should be a wake-up call – but if people miss out on nutrients in a quest to avoid them, is it really helping?If you consumed a lot of news last year, you’d be forgiven for thinking that strawberry yoghurt wants to murder you. Since la...

January 2, 2024/by Amelia Tait

‘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?Mary (not her real name), a 20-year-old from Ireland, has just kicked her habit – of eating firelighters. “I ...

December 18, 2023/by Amy Fleming

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 workWhen Indian actor Aishwarya Rai, once Miss World, walked the runway at Paris fashion week for L’Oréal this month, the online...

October 17, 2023/by Pragya Agarwal

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 wildlyEverything Now is a coming-of-age story with several twists and a lot of angst, all of ...

October 10, 2023/by Rebecca Nicholson

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