Minority stress is a documented ED risk factor for LGBTQ+ youth. Discrimination, rejection, hiding identity, internalised stigma.
Yet how many services ask about sexual orientation or gender identity? Or understand how these shape eating disorders?
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NHS England » NHS staff to train teachers, school nurses, and GPs to spot eating disorders
NHS England » NHS staff to train teachers, school nurses, and GPs to spot eating disorders
NHS England's new ED guidance ditches BMI thresholds and is crucial for identifying males whose EDs hide as "gym culture."
Be aware of compulsive exercise, obsessive macro tracking, muscle dysmorphia, social withdrawal around food. Don’t wait for low BMI! 🤔
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-...
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JAMA Network graphic comparing web-based guided self-help to treatment as usual for binge eating disorder. The study included 160 women and 27 men. A bar graph shows mean binge eating episodes at end-of-treatment and 20 weeks post-treatment.
RCT: Web-based guided self-help was noninferior to usual treatment in reducing binge-eating episodes in binge eating disorder at both the end of treatment and at 20 weeks after treatment. ja.ma/4q6daMe
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NHS England » Eating disorder services for children and young people: National guidance
NHS England » Eating disorder services for children and young people: National guidance
A significant step forward - the welcome release of national guidance yesterday on CYP eating disorder services.
Three key developments:
👉 Prevention and early intervention
👉 Community-first approach
👉 Integrated pathways with reasonable adjustments
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ea...
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