It is the day after the annual World Eating Disorders Action Day, and I am choosing to post after the event for a reason: we cannot let the central messaging of this day be restricted only to Friday 2nd June 2023. As with the myriad of other awareness days, we typically see the same record…
Tag: mental health
Calorie Counts on Menus: Promoting Health or Disorder?
This blog has gathered plenty of dust over the last 18 or so months, but there are certain topics of debate that I feel a great desire to speak out on. The recent government rules dictating that food and drink businesses with over 250 members of staff publish calories on their menus – physical and…
Are You OK?
800,000. Forty Seconds. 135. 25 I will explain. 800,000 is the approximate number of deaths each year from suicide. This is the equivalent of one death from suicide every 40 seconds. For every death from suicide, an estimated 135 people are impacted, and suffer grief. For every one death from suicide, there are 25 suicide…
A ‘War on Obesity’…but Eat Out to Help Out!
In the UK, Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government recently announced a ‘war on obesity’. Is it a scapegoat for the governments handling of the COVID-19 crisis? A well-meaning attempt to improve the health of the public? A method of putting more responsibility on individuals if they develop coronavirus? Who knows! It certainly seems contradictory to last…
One Year…
One Year One year ago, Monday 8th July 2019, my day started somewhat similar to today. My alarm went off around 6am. I got myself washed and dressed, straightened my hair, did my make-up, and made some breakfast. From there, everything else is very different. One year ago, after I had made some breakfast and…
Quarantine: How the Diet Industry Takes Advantage of Health Crises
To preface this post: the severity of Covid-19 should not be understated. It is very important to follow the latest guidance from governments and medical professionals. This post is merely to highlight how certain industries will use any opportunity to profit, including international health crises. The current health crisis regarding the coronavirus is incredibly unsettling….
How Are You? Really, How Are You? – WMHD 2019
“Fine Thanks“ “Good, how are you?” It is one of the most regularly used, go-to greetings, met by responses such as the two above. ‘How are you?’ has become synonymous with the likes of ‘Hello’, or more accurately, ‘I don’t really want to get into a deep conversation but am asking as a force of…
Please Do Not Comment On Appearance
When a compliment can do more harm than good, and why appearance does not determine disorder. People love the way I look in that series, but I was very ill. The reward for that illness was the part. And therein lies the perpetuation of the whole sorry situation Actor Christopher Eccleston in ‘I Love The…
How Is University Teaching About Eating Disorders?
We are just over half-way through eating disorders awareness week. Having been following many instagram accounts that discuss eating disorders and related issues, I am incredibly happy to see much more awareness of, what I personally believe, to be the key areas that need greater recognition (e.g. Health at Every Size approaches, the dangers of…
EDAW 2019: Breaking Down Barriers
Today, Monday 25th February, marks the beginning of eating disorders awareness week (EDAW) 2019. If you know me, or if you have read any of my posts, you will probably know that I am not one to restrict conversation about mental health to one set period of time- be it a day or a week….
Hope and Awareness 