Tag: World Eating Disorder Day

There is an urgency to understand the social, psychological, and biological influences on eating disorders: how they develop and what keeps them going. Clinician Anthea Fursland explains why. It is nearly 40 years since my first professional encounter with eating disorders. The year was 1980 and the place was the...

… for many carers, the experience of caring has changed their lives irrevocably and highlights the need for adequate and tailored support services for carers. – Butterfly Report Raising the Alarm: Carers Need Care Too, 2019 Australian research has revealed a critical need for support for not only people with eating...

Your story counts:  Rachel Egan (UK) shares her personal experience in addressing the World Eating Disorders Action Day theme  “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”.  We know that speedy access to eating disorder treatment offers the best chance of a full and long-lasting recovery. We know an eating disorder...

To mark the fourth annual World Eating Disorders Action Day on June 2, this story is the first in a series on the 2019 theme, “Eating Disorders: We Can’t Afford to Wait”. By Susan Ringwood We’ve been waiting for a long time. Anorexia Nervosa was first formally described by Sir...