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Here's where you can find our latest articles on eating disorders. The NHS definites eating disorders as having an 'unhealthy attitude to food, which can take over your life and make you ill.' Anorexia and bulimia are common eating disorders.

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A young woman takes a selfie in the mirror in sportswear while preparing for exercise

TikTok’s latest toxic filter has been banned — but what caused people to use it?

Channel: Health Health March 24, 2025 By Emily Bashforth
Kitty Underhill - TikTok 'fat filter' KittyUnderhill (Picture: Derek Bremner @del_photos).jpg

Fat bodies are deserving of love, not being mocked on Tiktok trends

Channel: Health Health March 21, 2025 By Kitty Underhill
Duncan Lindsay - ED Awareness Week Picture: Duncan Lindsay for metro.co.uk

No-one prepared me for what would happen after eating disorder recovery

Channel: Health Health March 2, 2025 By Duncan Lindsay
Sheena sits at an outdoor table wearing a yellow shirt

I gave up eating in front of people after one schoolyard taunt

Channel: Health Health March 3, 2025 By Sheena Tanna-Shah
Rhiannon Kouyoumjian - how my eating disorder has impacted my fertility

I thought I could 'earn' food - soon anorexia ruined my life

Channel: Health Health February 25, 2025 By Rhiannon Kouyoumjian
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Next's digitally altered jeans advert has been banned - thank god

Channel: Health Health February 13, 2025 By Rosy Edwards
Zarah Khalique smiles at the camera

Awkwardness kept me from telling Mum my biggest secret

Channel: Health Health February 7, 2025 By Zarah Khalique
Lily Allen poses against flower wall in black dress at Harper's Bazaar Art Party

Lily Allen isn't in a 'great place mentally' and has stopped eating

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz December 17, 2024 By Kitty Chrisp
Alex Bottomley in front of a reddish brown wall, leaning forward and smiling at the camera (head and shoulders only) (Picture: Rebecca Douglas)

I ate to feel safe but food started to control my life

Channel: Food Food September 3, 2024 By Alex Bottomley
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I spent two birthdays locked up - now I mark the day by living life to the fullest

Channel: Health Health September 2, 2024 By Charlotte Oliver
Angus Castle-Doughty (Picture: Samantha Davis)

Colleagues complimented my muscles - but it triggered a crisis

Channel: Hollyoaks Hollyoaks August 19, 2024 By Angus Castle-Doughty
Julie Bale: Common dinner-time phrases parents should think twice before using

I want parents to pause before saying these common mealtime phrases

Channel: Families Families August 3, 2024 By Julie Bale

My life coach filled my head with false memories of childhood sexual abuse

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle July 24, 2024 By Sarah Ingram
portrait of middle-aged woman looking at herself in the mirror.

A treatment for anorexia could be on the horizon

Channel: Tech Tech July 10, 2024 By Katherine Fidler
Julie Bale: Hypnotherapy cured me of years of toxic eating habits

I beg anyone suggesting 6-year-olds take Ozempic to talk to me first

Channel: Health Health May 30, 2024 By Julie Bale

Netflix star, 29, receiving treatment for malnutrition after pleas from 'worried' fans

Channel: TV TV May 6, 2024 By Robert Oliver
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Strictly Come Dancing legend reached 'breaking point' over devastating eating disorder

Channel: TV TV March 5, 2024 By Pierra Willix
Lily Thomson: Unable to accept my gender identity, I became anorexic

I wanted to come out as trans but one thing held me back

Channel: Health Health February 29, 2024 By Lily Thomson
Maisie Williams poses for photographers upon arrival at the British Fashion Awards on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 in London. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Maisie Williams is the latest celebrity to join an incredibly damaging trend

Channel: TV TV February 8, 2024 By Emily Bashforth
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Gemma Oaten hits out at I'm A Celeb psych who wrongly predicted illness 'dip'

Channel: Emmerdale Emmerdale February 5, 2024 By Calli Kitson