Today I chaired a meeting of dietitians from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland met to share their clinical expertise and participate in nominal group technique. We hope to have V2 of the dietetic guidelines regarding NGT feeding under physical restraint published in 2026.

New research project ☺️ Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early? Please expand the poster below for more information-

First blog post in a long long time! Here are some red flags to look out for in your eating disorder recovery: caras-corner.com/2025/02/05/r...

Calorie labels on menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders. A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...

2012-2022 saw a 65% increase in children admitted with mental health concerns. There has been over 500% increase in admissions for CYP with eating disorders in the same time period. This is THE health crisis of our time, and it is barely making the news. #KidsMH www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...

New publication with @edaceatingautism.bsky.social, @eatsleeplaugh.bsky.social @emynimbley.bsky.social and others, qualitative study of clinicians experience of eating disorder focused family therapy (FBT or FT-AN) with Autistic young people and their families onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Please find our latest paper on NGT feeding under restraint in England - the impact on parents and how nursing staff can support them. journals.rcni.com/nursing-chil...

New from ACAMH Learn - Professor Janet Treasure takes a deep dive into how eating disorders have changed in their form, epidemiology, and clinical and social features over the last 50 years acamhlearn.org/Learning/An_...

I’m in The Times today talking about why fitness trackers can be so dangerous for people vulnerable to exercise addiction and eating disorders: www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

The dietetic role within eating disorders teams can be undervalued. In this paper, we have tried to highlight the role senior dietitians can have. cepip.org/article/eati...

Important paper from Sarah Fuller, @dashanicholls.bsky.social and colleagues exploring the impact of the use of security staff in NGT feeding under restraint 👇 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Please find our latest paper on ngt feeding under restraint in England's paediatric wards bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic disorder of gut-brain interaction that affects a large portion of the population. This review focuses on the current evidence for common non-pharmaceutical treatments for #IBS, including the latest advances in care www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Dietetic colleagues across ED services often feel under-utilised and misunderstood. This scoping survey concludes that dietitian’s in ED teams are under-represented and understaffed. Improving therapeutic approaches to food work for people with ED’s starts here 👇 gpsych.bmj.com/content/37/6...

The findings of this scoping exercise support the view that dietitians are under-represented in CEDS-CYP and that staffing is not proportional to caseload in most CEDS... gpsych.bmj.com/content/37/6...

When you say “you look well”, people with eating disorders might hear: • you’ve gained weight • you’re not sick • you don’t need help • your struggles aren’t valid • you must be better • you don’t deserve support • you’re making it up • you can stop gaining weight

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me… or will they? https://buff.ly/41lPsRZ Laura Hemming looks at our language use around suicide, mental health concerns and alcohol and other drug use. #MentalHealth #Suicide #Alcohol #Drugs #Language #Consensus

📢 Check out @mbillmanmiller.bsky.social's new paper, which found that motivation for treatment and perceived burdensomeness reciprocally influenced one another over time in a residential eating disorder sample: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

All I want for Christmas is… • eating disorder services to stop relying on BMI • diet companies to stop preying on vulnerable people • calories to be removed from menus • all eating disorders to be taken seriously • all body sizes to be accepted and appreciated • eating disorder stigma to disappear

Some things not to comment on this Christmas: - someone’s weight - someone’s size - how much they are eating - how little they are eating - the speed they are eating - the type of foods they are eating - the times they are eating - your post Christmas diet - how fat you feel

New BMJ Investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics require much greater scrutiny and pushback www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Always nice to see an investigation picked up more widely - here’s my @bmj.com piece covered in @thetimes.com Breakfast clubs in schools ‘infiltrated by food industry’ www.thetimes.com/article/46ac...

Hi BlueSky! We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders Our study is open to anyone ⭐16+ ⭐residing in England ⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required) Join today: edgiuk.org

It’s the holiday season - a time of year when weight stigma runs particularly rampant - so we thought it’d be a great time to re-share this infographic debunking the myths of body mass index (BMI)! We’ll continue to shout it from the rooftops: ‼️‼️BMI does NOT indicate health!‼️‼️

Great to see our publication out today - use of programme-led and focused treatments (aka 'brief' / 'low intensity') in FREED early intervention services. We need to routinely offer these to patients who may benefit! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Honoured to have @fitzsimmonscraft.bsky.social on #ACAMHlearn offering a comprehensive understanding of #EatingDisorders #ED bit.ly/Fitzsimmons-... Watch to... 1. Understand ED diagnoses 2. Gain familiarity with ED warning signs 3. Help refute ED stereotypes 4. How to screen for ED

A recent systematic review investigated bone fracture history in women with first episode or persistent anorexia nervosa (AN) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39572404/ #anorexianervosa #eatingdisorders #systematicreview

Does calorie labeling change food/energy consumption? Not in this new open-access report www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturehumbehav.bsky.social

A typo then a link problem - not a great BlueSky debut - but thanks for your interest. Trying again. New paper showing that whole school intervention has potential to improve young peoples mental health by increasing belonging and developing knowledge and skills pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Great to see this review of neurodivergence and eating disorders coming out from Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #eatingdisorders #autism #ADHD

#BAPEN launched their new position statement recently on electrolyte and vitamin replacement (to complement MEED). Important for anyone working with adult #eatingdisorders www.bapen.org.uk/bapen-news/b...

Does tictok contribute to eating disorders? This paper has some really concerning data... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A recent paper, not an easy read but the end is full recovery so that makes it worthwhile: jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #eatingdisorders #livedexperience

📢📢 PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED📢📢 If you work in an eating disorders service and are interested in sharing your thoughts on treatment for ARFID, please reach out using the following link! tinyurl.com/helparfid

My first post on this platform is a good one! Celebrating our post doc Emy's recent publication reviewing eating disorder treatment outcomes for Autistic people. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This is great news, especially for those with sensory selective eating, neurodiverse eating or arfid www.nutrition.org.uk/news/flour-t...