Anyone familiar with the programmes “Fat: The Fight of My Life” or “Obese: A Year to Save my Life” will also be aware of food addiction. In these pro…

Recovery from an eating disorder is not a linear process – it is a journey of ups and downs, achievements and setbacks, stagnation and progress; and…

As January runs its course and many new year resolutions began to fall away, you might start to feel guilty that you’ve failed. Guilt may then turn i…

We have never had greater access to nutritional information than we do today. We also know more about how our bodies function than ever before, but i…

Some people suffer with an ongoing sense of worry about many different things and this may affect their ability to undertake everyday activities, the…

As people, we seem to live by the habits we form, and often these help to form structure in our daily lives. Habits do sometimes become dangerous, ho…

Eating disorders can involve eating too little or too much, and/or becoming obsessed with body weight and body shape. Normally, someone with an eatin…

Are you constantly faced with nutritional and health advice from the media about what you should and should not be eating? In today's society, we are…

Sometimes, when we become under distress, it's only too easy to reach out to food and/or drink for comfort.So many times, individuals sit with that u…

The term Anorexia Nervosa was first used in1856 to define an illness characterised by self-starvation. To-date, anorexia is shrouded in myth and it m…

A study previously carried out by an eating disorder charity conducted research across the UK and beyond asking individuals with current or previous…

Sometimes problems or issues can’t be seen. They affect our behaviour and how we respond to the person with the problem. I call these the 'invisible…