EDAW 2012 (1)
It’s easy these days, surrounded by social media and constant access to news and serialised dramas, to forget that my own original eating disorder diagnosis, Bulimia Nervosa, is relatively young. The…
Posts Categorized: Eating Disorders in Men
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2012…
…20th-26th February. Many people up and down the country will be fundraising and awareness-raising around EDs this week so it’s worth looking out for what might be going on in…
How do males who identify as eating-disordered understand their own experiences? Designing the Research.
Here’s the research design in brief so you can see what the project currently involves (this has been ethically approved by an anonymous review panel) and you can also get…
Eating Disorders Research – first blogged @ MGEDT
Back in May 2011 I gave a presentation at the Men Get Eating Disorders Too Conference; I was there as a trustee but mainly as the ‘less personal experience, more research…
Training about eating disorders in males
The following is from the national charity I am one of the trustees of: Are you a professional wanting to know more about male eating disorders? We are taking bookings…
The media’s moving!
Last week we had the announcement (which I’ve yet to probe deeper on, as there’s often a discrepancy between the original report and the media version) about the 66% increase…
BBC Radio Leeds
Yesterday I gave a live interview with Adam Pope on his morning show talking about eating disorders in men, my personal experiences and my research. I have to say, it…
MGEDT conference (in the ‘aftermath’) and writing.
Last week I spoke at the conference held by Men Get Eating Disorders Too. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience but felt slightly disappointed at the low turnout of something which…
‘A Platform for which men can get their voices heard’ – MGEDT Half Day Conference
‘A Platform for which men can get their voices heard’ – MGEDT Half Day Conference May 19th (12-4pm), Community Base, Central Brighton. I’ll be delivering a talk about my early…
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011…
…and the UK’s only registered charity which supports men with eating disorders has launched its membership scheme – please give some thought to joining at the Men Get Eating Disorders…
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011
I have just been interviewed by the Pulse of West Yorkshire radio station about EDAW. I was so surprised at just how nervous I was to say that I only…
‘Not all of us are fine around food…’
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011 February 21st onwards I’m still looking for more males who identify as eating disordered to take part in my research via my website: http://www.brad.ac.uk/eating-disorders-and-men/