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THE Minister for Mental Health has announced funding for a new adult eating disorder team.It comes after an RTE Prime Time special found there are long waiting lists and no care in certain parts of the country to deal with the issue.Mary Bulter announced an additional €10million in funding for mental healthIn January, Mary Butler announced an additional €10m for mental health.Now she’s announced another eating disorder team, bringing the number to 12, and more funding for the existing ones.Over two-thirds of referrals to the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders last year involved under-18s.There are currently 20 dedicated eating…

Given the modern-day sociocultural fixation with thinness, you might conclude that eating disorders are relatively recent phenomena. However, historical evidence shows these disorders have been around for quite some time—albeit in somewhat different forms. Learn about the history of eating disorders, including when they first appeared and how they were diagnosed. We also discuss when and how three common eating disorders—anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder—were first recognized to give you a better historical perspective of eating disorders over time. When Eating Disorders First Appeared The earliest historical descriptions of people experiencing symptoms consistent with modern-day eating disorders…

Curated By: Shankhyaneel SarkarLast Updated: May 06, 2024, 11:04 ISTLondon, United Kingdom (UK)Jason Holton was known as the UK’s “heaviest man” and weighed 317kgs at the time of his death. (Image: X)Jason Holton died due to organ failure. He regretted that people would remember him as the UK’s “heaviest man”.Jason Holton, who was known to be one of Britain’s “heaviest men”, died a week before turning 34. Holton died due to organ failure, UK-based newspaper The Independent said in a report, citing his family.He weighed an estimated 317kg at the time of his death. Doctors in Surrey said they were…

The Dose20:52How do ultra-processed foods affect my health?Sandra Elia is intimately aware of how prevalent ultra-processed foods are in the Canadian diet. As a recovering food addict, Elia struggled for years to control her intake of ultra-processed fried foods, heavy in refined sugar and flour. She’s not alone; Canadians get nearly half of their caloric intake from ultra-processed foods, according to a 2017 study commissioned by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Elia now advocates that everyone consume a diet that contains whole, fresh foods, rather than ultra-processed, “factory-made foods.”Sandra Elia is a Toronto-based food counsellor who serves as board chair and director…

Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” sweeps the high street.With the food industry eager to cash in on demand for “functional foods” that promise extra health benefits, medicinal mushrooms – not the button kind you put in a stew – are turning up in hot drinks, supplements and even beer.While Britons seem receptive – health food store Holland & Barrett says that searches on its website for “functional mushrooms” are up 50% on a year ago – a recent investigation by Which? put the…

Eating disorders (EDs) are complex, brain-based illnesses that have one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness. They impact a significant portion of the global population, though, like many illnesses, they often go unnoticed and underdiagnosed. In fact, more than 70% of those struggling will never receive access to the eating disorder treatment they need and deserve.  Before we get into the data on eating disorders, let’s dispel a pervasive myth. Popular culture, patriarchy, and white supremacy have created the misconception that the typical eating disorder patients are thin, white, adolescent girls. This couldn’t be further from the…

Eleanor NoycePublished May 4, 2024, 7:00am|Updated May 4, 2024, 12:59pm Catri Barrett was diagnosed with ADHD last year (Picture: Supplied)Content warning: This article contains references to eating disordersWhen Catri Barrett was 15, she held a secret that she kept well into her twenties; she’d developed bulimia and went through periods of bingeing and purging.Around this time, she started getting into personal development, coaching and wellbeing, which had a ‘hugely positive impact’ on her self-esteem and ‘ability to self-regulate.’However, the bingeing cycles returned when she was 25, and so she decided to seek professional help.‘I did an eight-week self-help course for…

Catri Barrett was diagnosed with ADHD last year (Picture: Supplied)Content warning: This article contains references to eating disorders When Catri Barrett was 15, she held a secret that she kept well into her twenties; she’d developed bulimia and went through periods of bingeing and purging. Around this time, she started getting into personal development, coaching and wellbeing, which had a ‘hugely positive impact’ on her self-esteem and ‘ability to self-regulate.’ However, the bingeing cycles returned when she was 25, and so she decided to seek professional help. ‘I did an eight-week self-help course for binge-eating through the NHS, which was…

New Delhi  : In the delicate ballet of daily life, our emotional state has a significant influence on the decisions we make, even extending to our eating habits. The psychology of eating reveals a complicated interplay between emotion and food, which has intrigued both scientists and dietitians. This investigation into the emotional factors that drive our eating habits explains why we reach for a bar of chocolate after a stressful day or need a bowl of warm soup when we’re down. The concept of “emotional eating” is not new, but its implications are broad. Stress, happiness, grief, and even boredom…

Operation Food Search (OFS) will receive a large serving of funding for its Healthy Food, Healthy Community renovation project, the largest renovation the nonprofit has undertaken since its founding in 1981.OFS will receive $850,000 in renovation funding, which is part of a $13.7 million allocation for local community projects in St. Louis, according to Congresswoman Cori Bush. “Our local nonprofits are doing the work to improve and save lives in St. Louis. [The] federal funding will go directly to the people who are doing meaningful work to make a difference in our communities,” said Bush.With a total cost of $10 million,…