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Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders

“No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That’s for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me.”

The Conversation

Here's how eating disorders affect women in midlife, bringing 'shame and secrecy'

“It is way more common than people think,” says one expert.

Fortune

Medics sound alarm over planned funding cuts to ‘vital’ eating disorder services

The Royal College of Psychiatrists raised particular concerns about early access to treatment.

The Independent UK

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Weight-loss jab use rising among people with eating disorders, experts warn as NHS chief calls for crackdown

Online pharmacies and private providers have been urged to ‘act responsibly’ and ensure that the drugs are only prescribed to people with a medical need

The Independent UK

Eating disorders don’t just affect teen girls. The risk may go up around pregnancy and menopause too

Eating disorders impact more than 1.1 million people in Australia, representing 4.5% of the population. These disorders include binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa.

The Conversation

Banning Diet Supplements Won't Stop Teen Eating Disorders

Dietary supplement bans for minors may spread—but they’ll be costly, confusing, and ineffective.

Reason

The menopause is triggering eating disorders – we need to talk about it

LET’S UNPACK THAT: A common misconception sees anorexia associated with teenagers, but hormonal and physical changes in perimenopause can also lead to a difficult relationship with food and our bodies. Helen Coffey asks the experts how to spot the signs

The Independent UK

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Kerry Washington joins eating disorder startup Equip

The "Scandal" star joins Equip Health as an investor and adviser.

Fortune

Weight loss jabs to have tougher checks after people with eating disorders get prescriptions

Pharmacy regulator warns some people with history of eating disorders wrongly obtaining medicines such as Wegovy or Mounjaro

The Independent UK

How people with eating disorders are negatively affected by calories on menus

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 Conversation

Calls to end ‘harmful’ calorie labels on restaurant menus

The move was originally made to tackle the country’s obesity crisis

The Independent UK

Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs

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

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill amendment aims to close potential ‘anorexia loophole’

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

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s alarming’: How Ozempic is being misused and worsening eating disorders

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

The Independent UK

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We need better eating disorder treatment

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

Cycling Weekly

'Cyclists have swallowed the idea that lighter is faster': Let's talk about eating disorders

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

The Independent UK

Rise in number of children needing treatment for severe mental health crisis

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

Medical Daily

Planning To Eat Clean In The New Year? Your Obsession With a Healthy Diet Shouldn't Turn Into Eating Disorder

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.

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The Independent UK

The relentless struggle of Christmas with an eating disorder: ‘It’s constant mental gymnastics’

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

The Independent UK

YouTube algorithm suggests videos about disordered eating to some young users, new study says

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

Pedestrian.tv

Social Media Promised Me Community. Instead, It Fuelled My Eating Disorder

I felt validated and seen, yet so resentful.

Radio France Internationale

Parents in France take TikTok to court over self-harm content aimed at children

Seven families have filed a joint legal complaint against TikTok in France, accusing the video platform of exposing their teenage children to content about suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and other mental health problems that they argue encouraged them to hurt themselves.

Medical Daily

History Of Eating Disorders, Pre-Pregnancy Obesity Raises Offspring's Risk Of Mental Health Diagnosis

The study found associations between a mother's history of eating disorders and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) higher than the normal weight range to most of the nine psychiatric diagnoses examined in the offspring.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese’s ‘knee-jerk’ social media ban not enough to curb growing harm from eating disorders, experts say

Onus needs to be on social media companies to make them safer, including allowing users to reset algorithms

The Conversation

Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects their treatment

More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent.

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