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Those with eating disorders should avoid season five of The Crown, charity urges

New episodes of the popular Netflix series will drop on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Has calorie labelling on menus done more harm than good?

Amid reports that the government may do away with part of its obesity strategy, Saman Javed explores whether it has had any impact

The Independent UK

NHS eating disorder services forced to ‘exclude’ patients and ‘ration care’

Exclusive: Patients ‘literally on death’s door’ are not getting care quickly enough, warns leading psychiatrist

The Independent UK

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Harold Chapman obituary

Photographer who documented regulars at the ‘Beat hotel’ in Paris including Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs

The Guardian - UK

Love Island's Michael Griffiths says bodybuilding contests left him with disordered eating

Love Island alum Michael Griffiths has opened up about having struggled with disordered eating prior to going on the ITV2 - with him keen to encourage others in similar situations to seek help

Daily Mirror

'My daughter collapsed because of her eating disorder and for two weeks I was told she wouldn't pull through'

Josephine Frenkel turned to creative art to help her through the ordeal and opens her first art exhibition this week in the hope of raising money for better services in Wales for people with eating disorders

Wales Online

Girl Beat Her Eating Disorder And Is Now In The Running For Miss England

"I have come a long way and I look back now and can't believe what I used to be like. "

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GP told 5-stone student to 'eat more pies' after weight plummeted in Joe Wicks fitness obsession

Jess Hynes developed anorexia as part of her bid for the perfect body image - but now she's beaten her illness and competing to be Miss England

Wales Online

Comic-Con is back. Here’s why it might not be the same as you remember it

SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con International is back in person after a two-year hiatus and while a lot of it looks familiar, it isn’t exactly the same pop culture event you remember.

Tribune News Service

Bikini Body Blunder: Retailer Pulls Weight-Loss Countdown Over Body Shaming Claims

“I left the shop shaking. In 2022. A large chain. Is feeding into the narrative that WOMEN need to be smaller.”

Zenger

I thought I was beyond wedding day weight loss pressure. So why am I fixated on it?

With her big day just weeks away, Joanna Whitehead is feeling the pressure to drop the pounds

The Independent UK

Eating disorder charity urges Scottish Government to avoid menu calorie labels

Beat said the move could have a damaging impact on people trying to recover from or living with disordered eating habits.

The Independent UK

‘Being fed that content messed with my head’: How TikTok is fuelling eating disorders among the young

An estimated 1.25m people have an eating disorder in Britain. Many of those say social media, including TikTok, is fuelling the problem. Gina Kalsi explores the dark side of the app

The Independent UK

Children’s lives ‘put at risk’ as eating disorder waits reach record high

It is ‘irresponsible and disgraceful’ that children are waiting 12 weeks for eating disorder treatment, says charity

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Children’s lives put at risk due to waits for eating disorder care, say experts

Data has shown that the number of children and young people waiting for urgent treatment for eating disorders has hit a record high.

The Independent UK

Binge eating disorder took over my life

The perfect storm of the pandemic, personal trauma and isolation led to the realisation that something had to change, writes Ellie Fry

The Independent UK

Binge eating disorder took over my life

The perfect storm of the pandemic, personal trauma and isolation led to the realisation that something had to change, writes Ellie Fry

Daily Mirror

Boss slammed for offering staff 'dangerous' bonus - but only if they lose weight

Nithin Kamath, CEO of brokerage firm Zerodha, is under fire for issuing a "damaging" financial incentive to employees who manage to bring down their Body Mass Index (BMI)

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Manchester Evening News

'Eating disorders will become rife': Anorexia survivor slams new calorie labelling rules in restaurants

The changes now make it a legal requirement for large businesses to display calorie information on menus and apps

Manchester Evening News

Calorie counts on menus fill me with fear and shame for all the wrong reasons

'For people like me these tiny little numbers are damaging reminders of a very serious mental health condition.'

The Independent UK

Experts ‘concerned’ over new waist-to-height measurement guidance from NICE

NHS watchdog NICE says waist measurements should be ‘less than half your height’

The Independent UK

Nikki Grahame’s death exposed a fractured care system failing people with anorexia

Limited treatment options and harmful stereotypes surrounding the mental illness are preventing anorexia patients from accessing the care they desperately need, Saman Javed finds

The Independent UK

Experts warn move to calorie-labelled menus is ‘problematic’

‘Calories are not the ultimate answer to defining a healthy lifestyle,’ says nutritionist.

The Independent UK

Calorie counts on menus: What’s the real impact on diners and restaurants?

The government’s new scheme fails to address the real problem: the lack of preventative health care and education. Emma Henderson reports

The Independent UK

Why have calorie labels been introduced on menus?

The new rules are in place from Wednesday 6 April

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