The Latest Breaking News from Eating Disorders

If you have recently been to a restaurant or cafe, you may have noticed calorie information displayed on the menu for each item. This is one example of so called “out-of-home” nutritional labels, referring to any food and drink bought outside the home which is not already prepackaged. Several countries…

The move was originally made to tackle the country’s obesity crisis

MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services.

Exclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their lives

IN FOCUS: Olivia Petter talks to experts who say that people with eating disorders are especially vulnerable to the allure of ‘quick fix’ slimming with diabetes drug semaglutide... and are not thinking about its side effects

Relatively little funding goes toward improving treatments for these conditions, which face deep stigma

Athletic ambition can tip into a toxic relationship with food. Chris Marshall-Bell investigates cycling’s dark underbelly

Under-18s requiring emergency care can be suicidal or may be seriously ill as a result of eating disorders.

If you have already committed to eating clean in the coming year, be cautious—obsessing over healthy eating can take a toll on your mental health and potentially lead to eating disorders.

IN FOCUS: As many prepare to spend Christmas with friends and families around the dining table, Olivia Petter hears from those for whom the most ‘wonderful’ time of the year can feel anything but

YouTube’s policy states that it will remove or restrict content that ‘glorifies or promotes eating disorders’ but the study found that harmful content is still accessible on the social media platform