National Centre For Eating Disorders in the News

TOO OLD TO HAVE ANOREXIA

2007-08-15T15:07:00.000Z

We normally associate anorexia with young teenage girls. But we are increasingly aware of women, over the age of 40 who show signs of having anorexia . For some people, it is the energence of an old disorder. For others, anorexia strikes in later life for the first time. The press are blaming the visual images of older women such as Madonna and Terri Hatcher, who remain slim and fit despite their years. Is aged anorexia a quest to hold off the ravages of age? Is it vanity? It may be triggered by depression and loss, but the control issues which are at the heart of teenage eating disorders are also present in older women. For further insights into the nature of aged anorexia, follow the link above.

THE SIZE ZERO DEBATE

2007-02-23T15:09:00.000Z

Is size zero a dangerous influence on impressionable young women or a cause of eating disorders? Should the fashion industry be responsible for the effects of skinny models, should the media be taking better care of young people better? Please read Deanne's thoughful views by following the link above.

When Healthy Eating is an Illness

2006-10-19T16:45:00.000Z

Are you a healthy eater? Is it good for you or has it become an unhealthy obsession? Does your concern about your health reflect a deeper anxiety about your weight and wellbeing. If so, you could be suffering from Orthorexia. Please follow the link above for more details

Do You Have an Eating Disorder? Take Our Test

2006-07-11T14:54:00.000Z

Deanne has created a quick and simple quiz to determine whether you have an eating disorder. If you have problems with food, you may deal with them quickly and effectively via our self help programme, or try telephone and personal counselling with a practitioner trained to know how to listen to you and how to take things forward. You deserve a relaxed and healthy relationship with food. Do the quiz by clicking on the title above.

Posh Spice and her weight

2006-07-10T16:54:00.000Z

Posh Spice is said to have a 23 inch waist. Deanne comments on why some people strive to be so thin, and can we make sense of their claims that they eat "like a pig". Deanne suggests that their claims defy physics and human biology. To read more please click on the title above and you may read the full article and some comments from people who have followed the story

Online Self Help Supports People Waiting for Treatment

2006-07-04T10:55:00.000Z

The Scotsman reports on our online self help programmes for bulimia and compulsive eating, which can assist people on long waiting lists for eating disorders treatment on the NHS. Working while waiting is known to cut recovery times and enhance the effects of treatment elsewhere. In some cases, people recover fully and don’t need to follow on. Deanne Jade, Principal, calls for GPs to be aware of this programme, which is the first of its kind in the UK. You can access our online self help programmes at any time via the website www.eating-disorders.org.uk and read the article by following this link

http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=946682006

The Cult of Anorexia

2006-07-04T10:46:00.000Z

Deanne Jade offers an opinion about pro anorexia web sites in the Daily Mail. On the one hand she recognises that they have a part to play in helping people with anorexia to find friendship and support, but on the other hand she describes many of these sites as a pornography of eating disorders. To find out more, follow the link below

www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article?_id=393037&in_page_id=1879

Food - Friend or Enemy? - Psychologies Magazine

2006-03-20T20:44:00.000Z

Why do we have such a complex relationship with food? When we look at a chocolate muffin, or a bowl of pasta, what do we really see? Pleasure? Temptation? Or the enemy? Either way, it's rarely just food. Our relationship with food is complex, tied to deep emotions and experiences. For many of us, fear of food is inextricably linked to unhappiness about our body image, but at the same time our most intimate feelings and relationships are expressed in the way we eat. When our relationship with food is out of control, it becomes a measure of our success or failure. But it doesnt have to be this way. Understanding the emotional roots of our attitude to food can help shed light on our eating patterns and attitudes. Eating disorder expert Deanne Jade explains how eating becomes a focus for negative feelings about ourselves.

If you are hungry for comfort, consider speaking to one of our expert therapists. We can help you to overcome emotional overeating. Book an assessment online or call us on 0845 838 2040.

http://www.psychologies.co.uk/dossier.php?d_id=11

How Good is your Body Image?

2006-02-21T12:54:00.000Z

How Good Is Your Body Image? Go to this website to take a short test compiled by Deanne Jade, principal of The National Centre of Eating Disorders, to see what your body image is like.

If you think that you need help for the way you feel about your body, and if horrible feelings about your body are ruling your life, consider seeking help from one of our counsellors at www.eating-disorders.org.uk

Comments on Diet Books - Guardian

2005-12-02T11:53:00.000Z

So which is the right diet for you? Books are flooding the shops for the post-Christmas slimmers' fever. Twice every year Britain's quest for the secret of eternal slenderness becomes frenzied, and the publishing world has the perfect cynical moniker for both occasions: the 'pre-bikini fever' of summer and the 'sexy Santa-lure' of December. Already the pile of diet books published to tempt those eager to squeeze into little black dresses this Christmas are flying off the shelves: 17 of the present top 20 bestselling health titles are diet books, while at least 25 new ones are expected in the next four months.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,1646678,00.html

Are we emotionally what we eat? - BBC News Online

2005-09-02T17:31:00.000Z

Negative emotions can send us rushing to the biscuit tin or hiding our horrors in a tub of ice-cream - with up to 43% of people using food to alter their mood, according to a survey by the Priory Clinic. Others binge and vomit or develop anorexia as a way of trying to gain some sort of control over runaway feelings. BBC News Online spoke to the experts to try to find out why so many of us have this up and down relationship with what, on its most fundamental level, is just a means of fuelling our bodies. According to Deanne Jade, principle of the National Centre for Eating Disorders, our complex relationship with food starts right back in the cradle.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3592058.stm

The Desperate Housewives Syndrome

2005-08-24T12:32:00.000Z

The press is running several articles on a reported increase in anorexia among women in their thirties and forties. Anorexia is traditionally associated with young teenage girls, but clinics and doctors are discovering more cases of anorexia among boys, men and older women. Deanne asks, "is this a real phenomenon, are more older women really falling victim to the "starving sickness". Or is this simply a reflection of the fact that more older women are admitting to their problems with food?"

Deanne says "I have treated women of all ages for eating disorders for many years. Some older women are simply experiencing a return of a previous episode of their eating disorder. This can be triggered by the loss of a relationship, a life crisis or an episode of depression. On the other hand we may be seeing the result of women growing older with a condition that
started in their teens".

There are pressures on both women and men to stay young and beautiful, for women this means being slim and for men, being toned and strong. Perhaps our culture is to blame, relationships are more transient, more women are single, it becomes more rare to stay married for life, people feel they have to always be one step ahead of the competition. Does this mean an increase in eating disorders among women who presumably "should" be relaxing into their roles, raising their children and growing older graacefully? We cannot say for sure, but it certainly adds to the stress , anxiety and the self doubt of the lives of countless women who feel that no matter what they do and no matter who they are, they are failures if they cannot be perfect.

For help with an eating problem go to www.eating-disorders.org.uk

'Help! My child's overweight'- Spark Island

2005-05-03T19:27:00.000Z

It's no fun being overweight and particularly difficult if you're a child. By looking at ways to change his or her diet and lifestyle you will be helping improve not only your child's long-term health but hopefully boost his confidence as well.
http://www.sparkisland.com/

Are we emotionally what we eat? - BBC News

2005-04-29T03:29:00.000Z

Dangers of pro-anorexia websites - BBC News

2005-04-29T03:20:00.000Z

People who set up pro-anorexia websites which dissuade sufferers from seeking help should be sued, according to a group which helps people overcome eating disorders.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3580182.stm

A feast for the mind - Times Online

2005-04-29T03:19:00.000Z

Can you turn a bitter experience into something sweet? Her great-grandmother Lilla’s recipe for survival in a Japanese concentration camp gave Frances Osborne food for thought
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8126-1254590,00.html

Child 'overeaters' become bulimic - BBC News

2005-04-29T03:17:00.000Z

Bulimics had overeaten and were overweight as childrenChildren who are overweight and eat too much risk the binge eating disorder bulimia as adults, say psychiatrists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3672378.stm

Obese children at risk as bulimic adults - Washington Times

2005-04-29T03:15:00.000Z

A study by researchers at King's College in London has found overweight children are at risk for becoming bulimic adults.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040920-104336-2759r.htm

Nothing left to eat? - The Statesman, India

2005-04-29T03:11:00.000Z

Scare stories in the past few weeks have highlighted salt, sugar and even salad as potential killers in Britain, and have filtered through to metropolitan India. An anxious TOBY MOORE tries to find out what can safely be eaten.
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=4&id=83964&usrsess=1

Eating Disorders - The Times Online

2005-04-29T03:10:00.000Z

About one student in five has a "severely flawed relationship with food", according to the National Centre for Eating Disorders.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17329-1288108,00.html

Omming on empty - The Guardian

2005-04-29T03:07:00.000Z

The popularity of yoga is on the rise in Britain, but with its emphasis on 'lightness' and perfectionism, is this holistic exercise responsible for a new eating disorder? Rachel Shabi investigates yogarexia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1425223,00.html

Now girls as young as this five year old think they have to be slim to be popular - Telegraph Online

2005-04-29T03:06:00.000Z

Girls as young as five are unhappy with their bodies and want to be thinner, according to a study which blames peer pressure in a child's early years at school.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/

'My daughter wants surgery to her thighs, eyes and nose. . . she is 13' - Telegraph Online

2005-04-29T02:54:00.000Z

Sarah Womack talks to a mother about her girls' obsession with image. Lisa Hogan, 37, a mother of four girls under 14, admits her daughters are influenced by celebrity magazines and television "makeover" programmes to such an extent that they are already expressing a desire to lose weight and have plastic surgery.

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/

Weight is worry for girls aged 5 - Daily Record, Glasgow

2005-04-29T02:49:00.000Z

Girls as young as five are unhappy with their bodies and wish they were thinner, says a study. Almost half of the five to eight year-olds surveyed said they wanted to lose weight and most thought being slimmer would make them more popular.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15268706%26method=full%26siteid=89488%26headline=weight-is-worry-for-girls-aged-5-name_page.html

The fill pill - Guardian Society

2005-04-29T02:45:00.000Z

Can't lose weight because you can't cope with being hungry? Then just pop the latest pill that blocks the urge to eat.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/