We're developing guidance on adapting eating disorder treatment for people living in food insecurity - and we’re inviting ED staff to join an online consultation in 2026.
Interested? Get in touch: EDIFYresearch@kcl.ac.uk
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Very excited to be shortlisted for the @acamh.bsky.social Postgraduate Research Trainee of the Year award alongside such good company!
TWO eating disorder researchers — @ntrompeter.bsky.social and I — are shortlisted for the @acamh.bsky.social Postgraduate Research Trainee of the Year Award
Excited to see this recognition for the field!!
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First post will be a plug for our national fellowship network ➡️ We have an exciting new session focused on NIHR fellowships! 💡
Come along to this brilliant event and do spread the word for the network led by @flosheen.bsky.social @alice-kininmonth.bsky.social and myself 👇
Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw
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📢 CLS wants your help to shape the content of the next cohort study surveys 📢
⏱️Submit your ideas by Friday, 16 May 2025 via the links below:
👉 The joint NCDS and BCS70 web survey - buff.ly/mmTudlI
👉 The web survey of parents and carers of MCS participants - buff.ly/6YLBL5t
Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Women’s rights are human rights — this isn’t just a slogan, it’s a lived reality.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! #IWD2025
Men are consistently under-represented in eating disorder research. We would love to change this!
If you identify as a man, live in England, and have lived experience of eating disorders symptoms (no formal diagnosis needed!), please consider taking part in our study on calorie labels 👇 #EDAW
An infographic featuring four boxes arranged in a grid layout. Each box contains distinct text: Box 1: In workstream 2, we use cohort data to explore potential risk factors for eating disorders. Box 2: Currently, we are looking at the topic of childhood food insecurity and links with disordered eating in adolescence. Box 3: We know that eating disorders occur across the socio-economic spectrum, but we know less about the impacts of growing up in food insecurity. Box 4: Using cohort data means we get a bigger picture of the population, not just people who typically participate in research.
For day 3 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing work from EDIFY Workstream 2!
This workstream uses large cohort data to explore the interplay of risk and protective factors for eating disorders, including unique and shared pathways in different groups.
Interesting approach! Haven’t tried this yet. But we have had success with a two-stage approach on Qualtrics - participants complete a screening survey and need to provide an email address. The ‘real’ survey link is then automatically emailed to them if they meet criteria. Happy to chat further
Are you a researcher planning to apply for Wellcome funding in the next two years?
We’re offering researchers the opportunity to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee and learn how grant applications are assessed.
Learn more ⤵️
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Body dissatisfaction and weight-based discrimination are key contributors to the development of eating disorders and increase the risk of other mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, suicide attempts as self-harm.
More than 4.1 million people in Australia are significantly affected by body dissatisfaction. More than 3.1 million experience appearance-based discrimination - 49% on the basis of their weight.
Appearance-based discrimination is more common among teenagers, same-sec attracted and Indigenous people, as well as people born with a sex variation, people identifying as LGBTQIA+, and those who speak languages other than English.
It is estimated that each person with body dissatisfaction costs the Australian community $2,685 per year. Women and girls, and the LGBTQIA+ community experience the highest rates of body dissatisfaction.
Butterfly Foundation launched our Cost of Appearance Ideals report today. More than 4.1 million people in Australia are significantly affected by body dissatisfaction, while over 3.1 million experience appearance-based discrimination, costing $36.6 billion and $27.6 billion per year.
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
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The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, causing them to avoid restaurants and pay more attention to the number of calories in dishes, according to a study involving Dr @ntrompeter.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
New publication! systematic review exploring the impact if calories on menus with people with ED's from @drhelensharpe.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social @eatsleeplaugh.bsky.social and Imogen Peebles, led by @ntrompeter.bsky.social and @tomjewell.bsky.social bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/1/...
Lastly, thanks to all the people who made this happen! @drhelensharpe.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social @dashanicholls.bsky.social @kingsedresearch.bsky.social @eatsleeplaugh.bsky.social
We hope to add to this evidence base with our work. We’re actively recruiting for studies in England. Please see the links below if you are interested or know someone who might be:
1. Interview study (tinyurl.com/c6td45ra)
2. Online survey (tinyurl.com/yt6xjzx5)
So what does this mean? Nutritional labels are being introduced and/or considered by governments globally as a public health policy. But in making that decision it’s vital to understand how this policy impacts people with eating disorders to adequately balance risk and benefit.
The research was also limited in generalising findings. No studies included young people. And few included people with binge eating or men.
But there is also nuance in the findings. For some, labels were reassuring and enabled eating out.
Of the research out there, most show negative impacts. People with eating disorders paid more attention to these labels and were more likely to change their behaviour based on calorie content. They also reported distress when eating out, and avoiding it all together.
We just published a systematic review on the impact of the out-of-home nutritional labels (i.e., restaurants, cafes) on people with eating disorders. Key points and next steps below 👇
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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.
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All of NIH external communications (grant study sections, workshops, etc.) are being shut down due to executive orders.
TBD when they will be allowed to resume.
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