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How Times Change 16 Aug 2013 | 03:20 pm
EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES Pasta had not been invented. Curry was a surname. A takeaway was a mathematical problem. A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower. Bananas ...
Sharing Meals: Carers And Eating Disorders 15 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm
I haven't been here for a while, sometimes you just have to think about other things, like walks in the woods, going to the sea with family and eating ice creams (Cornish of course) and rejoicing in h...
Why Is This Eating Disorder Death Different From (Some) Other Deaths? 6 Apr 2013 | 10:39 pm
Georgia Willson Pemberton aged 26 dies as a result of taking Dulcolax laxatives to help achieve her anorexic longings to be thin and empty. I am sad and frustrated about another needless loss of life...
Men, Muscles & Masculinity A Guest Blog 6 Apr 2013 | 10:37 pm
Hilary Glover (see footnote) has kindly provided the thoughts for this new bloggy. Feeling like a "real man" is higher in men with muscle dysmorphia, popularly called ‘bigorexia’, than other gym use...
Plastic Surgery: External Locus Of Control? 13 Mar 2013 | 08:53 pm
Professor Tanya Byron writes in the Times to a lady whose daughters are against her having cosmetic surgery. She has been discarded by her husband after 35 years of marriage in favour of a younger mo...
Implants for Anorexia Nervosa 11 Mar 2013 | 04:40 pm
Last week the Press around the world reported on some partial success for electronic implants given to people with long standing anorexia nervosa. The research was done in Canada and reported in the L...
Eating Disorders In Boarding Schools 1 Mar 2013 | 06:39 pm
On Monday Feb 25th I gave a talk to a group of 80 teachers, nurses and other representatives of boarding schools across the UK. Schools are there to educate and help our children to grow and become g...
Two Die From Dieting 24 Feb 2013 | 07:24 pm
Laura Willmot dies from anorexic collapse one week after being sent home by her doctors. In another world, a millionaire's ex wife freezes to death in her car after her wine binge. In a barely noticed...
Fatty! Your'e Fat! Fat, Fat, Fat, Fat! 20 Feb 2013 | 07:09 pm
So says Giles Coren writing in last week's Sunday Times. He feels rather pleased that obesity is now associated with the middle classes. This is based on some research carried out at Leeds Metropolita...
Where is Suzanne? 14 Feb 2013 | 11:09 pm
Suzanne who wrote a comment, its taken me a month to read it but I am hoping that you will see my reply....
