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We are a group of people with lived experience, carers, clinicians and academics who are passionate about ending the injustices of those affected by Eating Disorders.

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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"Doing nothing is not an option" Thank you to all our incredible speakers, volunteers and campaigners who came out today who refuse to look away. #dumpthescales
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We are calling for a National Eating Disorders strategy. Watch our brand-new film to find out why. We're ready to talk when you are @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=fS_d...
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Dump the Scales: Eating Disorders Campaign Film
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The eating disorder community has come together to fight for change. #DumpTheScales
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today is the day! We're looking forward to seeing you all this morning for the #DumpTheScales March
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Are you joining us tomorrow for the annual Dump the Scales March? www.stylist.co.uk/news/dump-th...
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Dump The Scales campaign for better eating disorder treatment
Inside the Dump The Scales campaign for better eating disorder treatment: the founder Hope Virgo shares why they're marching on parliament
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
On Saturday, we are taking to the streets to demand a national strategy for eating disorders. People are dying. We refuse to look away. Are you with us? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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We need a national plan for eating disorders
Most of us know someone affected by an eating disorder. Dump the Scales are calling for a proper national plan to improve treatment outcomes. Can you add your name to the petition?
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We are calling for a National Eating Disorders strategy. Watch our brand-new film to find out why. We're ready to talk when you are @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=fS_d...
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Dump the Scales: Eating Disorders Campaign Film
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 17/04/2026
Over 4 million people in the UK are battling an eating disorder. No one is untreatable, but currently too many are being failed & lives are being lost. This must change. Sign Dump The Scales’ petition for a Government-led National Eating Disorder Strategy👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/partnerships...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
1 week to go! We'll be meeting by Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square at 10am to march to Parliament together and call for an end to stigma and discrimination around eating disorders. @richardquigley.bsky.social
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Are you joining us on Saturday 18th April for the Dump the Scales march? We've got lots of free posters and social media posts you can use to promote it> www.dumpthescales.org/promotional-...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
As Neurodiversity Celebration Week draws to a close, Jodie shares her experience of navigating ED treatment as a disabled and neurodivergent person, highlighting the barriers many people face when accessing care. www.dumpthescales.org/post/disabil...
At the top, a rectangular banner with a misty evergreen forest background displays the name “JODIE” in dark green uppercase letters on a white label. Centered below is a photo of a smiling young woman with light skin and shoulder-length red hair standing outside the black front door of a stone building with wrought-iron railings, resembling a government building entrance. She wears a tan coat and holds a blue and white sign that reads: “BEHIND EVERY STATISTIC IS A LIFE! I SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OF EATING DISORDER DEATHS STRATEGY.”
Below the photo, large bold black text reads “NEW BLOG POST.” Underneath is a quotation in smaller grey text: “I have come to realise that I was not treatment-resistant, it was the services that were resistant to treat, to accommodate and to take my disabilities into account. If we are to ensure that everyone affected by an eating disorder has the best chance of recovery, services and clinicians must ensure that treatment pathways and environments are truly accessible and responsive to individual needs.” A teal button labeled “Link in Bio” with a right-pointing arrow appears beneath the quote. At the bottom of the graphic, the website “DUMPTHESCALES.ORG” is written in black uppercase letters. The overall design uses a light grey background with teal accent lines and emphasizes advocacy and accessibility in eating disorder treatment.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
𝟭 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗢 🎉 Only one month to go until the fourth annual Dump the Scales March. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 & 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? Meet us at Trafalgar Square – Nelson’s Column: 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 www.dumpthescales.org/dumpthescale...
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 27/02/2026
Eating Disorders Awareness Week ends on Sunday, but our commitment cannot. We must keep fighting - to end stigma, to prevent needless loss of life, and to ensure everyone can access the treatment they deserve. Eating disorders don’t disappear when the week ends. We must keep calling for change.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 26/02/2026
No one should be dying of an eating disorder in 2026. Today, I'm leading a debate in Parliament, during Eating Disorder Awareness Week, to call for urgent improved support & early intervention. Watch it at 1:30pm today.👇 www.parliamentlive.tv/Guide
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today the incredible @werahobhouse.org.uk will chair a Westminster Hall debate on Eating Disorders as part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week. You can watch it live on Parliament TV at 1.30pm www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
📚A fascinating journal club this week from the PEACE pathway about the sensory landscape and embodied experiences in anorexia nervosa. To read the full paper, follow this link: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39685631/
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Together with @werahobhouse.org.uk we've secured a Westminster Hall debate on Eating Disorders on Thursday 26th February 2026 at 1.30pm as part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week. You can: 💙Invite your MP to attend 💙Join us in person 💙Watch it live on Parliament TV Visit linktr.ee/dumpthescales
A promotional poster with a muted teal background. At the top are two logos: on the left, a black square logo with a white UK Parliament portcullis symbol and the letters “appg,” and on the right, a circular teal logo reading “Dump the Scales Eating Disorder Campaign,” showing raised hands holding a sign.
Large bold text across the centre reads: “We are excited to announce that Dump the Scales and the APPG for Eating Disorders have secured a…” Below this, in a large rounded teal banner with white distressed lettering, the main announcement says: “Westminster Hall Debate on Eating Disorders.”
Underneath, a dark angled label states the date and time: “Thursday 26th Feb – 13:30pm.” At the bottom corners are the hashtag “#DumpTheScales” and the website address “dumpthescales.org.”
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Denis Lenta-Odedra @curiousedrmn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Really important to highlight the unique experience of LGBTQIA+ children and adults with eating disorders. Thank you @dumpthescales.bsky.social for highlighting ❤️🏳️‍🌈 www.linkedin.com/posts/this-l...
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This LGBTQIA+ History Month we want to highlight the importance of amplifying the voices and experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals who are living with or recovering from Eating Disorders. Despite… | Du...
This LGBTQIA+ History Month we want to highlight the importance of amplifying the voices and experiences of LGBTQIA+ individuals who are living with or recovering from Eating Disorders. Despite facin...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"When I look back at my eating disorder journey, I can see so many moments where things could have gone differently, if only the right support, understanding, or words had been there." Alix Walker shares her story www.dumpthescales.org/post/five-th...
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Five things I wish happened before I reached rock bottom with my Eating Disorder.
Reflecting on her recovery, Alix Walker, an Eating Disorder and Body Dysmorphia Specialist shares the five things she wishes had happened earlier in her eating disorder journey - lessons she hopes wil...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Did you know that only 1% of the UK’s mental health research budget is spent on eating disorders? 😲 That's only £1.13 per sufferer, per year. @edcrn.bsky.social want to hear from you about what needs to change + why ED research is so important in this survey qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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Association of Mental Health Providers @assocmhp.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are delighted to be part of the National Eating Disorder Taskforce, which aims to implement a comprehensive strategy to prevent people dying from eating disorders, because each life lost to an eating disorder is one too many. www.dumpthescales.org/national-tas... #MentalHealth #DumpTheScales
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National Eating Disorder Taskforce | Dump the Scales
A new National Taskforce has been launched to tackle eating disorder deaths across the United Kingdom. The Taskforce is comprised of leading specialists from eating disorder sectors, including resear...
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Association of Mental Health Providers @assocmhp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Eating disorders are treatable #MentalHealth conditions yet the system is failing to prevent avoidable deaths. This #DumpTheScales inquiry rightly calls for eating disorders to be recognised as a national patient-safety priority and for cross-government action. www.dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Outside 10 Downing Street demanding urgent action to help prevent deaths in eating disorders. Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🥳Dump the Scales is now a CIC🥳 This means that: 🔵Our mission + values are legally protected 🔵Greater growth in awareness and impact 🔵More chances for funding to increase the voices of lived experience. Be part of change>https://www.dumpthescales.org/support-the-movement
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
📢New blog alert📢 @annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social talks about the importance of trust in treatment, and how being treated as a unique individual with different interests and hopes for the future helped her recover from anorexia. www.dumpthescales.org/post/seven-p...
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Seven positives I took away from eating disorder treatment
Anna Carnegie, researcher and person with lived experience of eating disorders and OCD writes about the positives she took away from Eating Disorder Treatment
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📣Following the success of our work with the APPG on Eating Disorders, we have secured an Early Day Motion on Eating Disorders and Online Harms, tabled by the wonderful @werahobhouse.bsky.social 📣 Read it here> edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Tag your MP below to ask them to sign the EDM 👇
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Yesterday @richardquigley.bsky.social, member of the APPG on Eating Disorders hosted a debate on ‘Preventing Eating Disorder Deaths’ in Westminster Hall. 📺If you missed it you can catch up here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... 🗒️Read/listen to the transcript here> shorturl.at/Op45R
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Today at 4:30pm, @richardquigley.bsky.social will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the prevention of deaths from eating disorders. 📺Watch it live here > parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... We work with Richard as part of the APPG on eating disorders and we are always grateful for his support.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Tomorrow MP @richardquigley.bsky.social is hosting a essential debate in Parliament on the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths. MPs and representatives from the Department of Health will be in attendance. Here is how you can get involved and help⬇️
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
There is no evidence that losing weight will suddenly make me ready for work, and fix the economy." Zoe Hazel, one of our amazing campaigners has penned a blog on her experience of Binge Eating Disorder and the narrative around weight loss jabs. www.dumpthescales.org/post/i-haven...
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"I haven’t failed; I’ve been failed by a system that isn’t set up for people like me"
Zoe Hazel, a mental health campaigner who spoke at this years #DumpTheScales march shares her thoughts on weight-loss injections as someone with binge eating disorder.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative @edgiuk.bsky.social needs you! EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders. ⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
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Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative | EDGI UK
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative is a project set up by King's College London, in collaboration with Beat, to explore genetic and environmental risk factors for eating disorders.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A landmark ruling to provide a woman severely ill with anorexia access to the life-saving treatment she needs following a 2023 decision to deny it. Nobody with an eating disorder should end up in this position again. We have to fight for better. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/court-p...
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Court of Protection removes barriers for anorexic woman to receive life-saving treatment
London, 31 July 2025.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Sending love to everyone collecting their GSCE results today. Whether you are celebrating or commiserating, remember that no grade on a piece or paper, or number on a scale will ever define you. Reach out to YoungMinds UK if you need support today.
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Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🚀 We’ve just launched our biggest Impact Report yet 🚀 From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives. £23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards. Read the full report on our website 💚 www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Just popping in to remind you that it is normal to have ups and downs in your ED recovery journey and it doesn't mean that you will never fully recover. 🫶 www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/well...
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Navigating Slips in Recovering From an Eating Disorder
Relapse in the process of eating disorder recovery is common but often overlooked. Journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley illuminates this "middle place" in her book, "SLIP."
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Maudsley @nihrmaudsleybrc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Interested in taking part in #eatingdisorders research? Browse the @maudsleynhs.bsky.social website for studies like @edgiuk.bsky.social which are currently recruiting, and search by condition. 👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in... #EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
Take part in eating disorders research - EDGI
Take part in eating disorders research - STORY
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The first ever Dump the Scales newsletter will be dropping into inboxes tomorrow. Make sure you are signed up here to be the first to be in the know> www.endeatingdisorders.org/join-our-mai...
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Join our mailing list | Dump the Scales
Be the first to be in the know about all of our campaigning work in Parliament, our new reports and how you can get involved by signing up to the Dump the Scales mailing list!
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The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨Researchers - last chance to have your say!🚨 The SUNRISE survey is closing end of the day tomorrow - don't miss out on sharing your thoughts: buff.ly/IGqt0b4 More info below 👇
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Thank you @werahobhouse.bsky.social for speaking up about the dangers the rapid roll-out of weight loss jabs poses to individuals with eating disorders. We want to see public health policies which don't demonise larger bodies or harm people with eating disorders.
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
We are seriously concerned about the impact of weight loss jabs and how it will increase the risk of eating disorders in vulnerable individuals. These stories are become too commonplace. Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting below ✍️ the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
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Eating Disorders & Weight Loss Jabs: Harm waiting to happen
Please join me and add your name to this open letter
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
; weight loss jabs are "functioning as medically-prescribed eating disorders." 👏🏻👏🏻 sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm. this article is well worth a read. via @dumpthescales.bsky.social www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
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Weight loss are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder.
From what I can see, these jabs are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder. I am watching friends and loved ones engage in the behaviours I worked so hard to address. I am watching the...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"I am watching this [expansion of weight loss jabs] as someone in recovery from both anorexia and bulimia, as well as an advocate for evidence-based research and an ally to those living in larger bodies. It terrifies and saddens me." New blog: ▶️ www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 13/07/2025
CCDH is holding social media companies accountable for enabling the spread of online harms, hate & lies. Our mission is to protect civil liberties & human rights online. Join our community & help us make the internet safer for everyone 👇 buff.ly/IHSLpRv
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Bad actors and greedy platforms are creating a toxic environment of hate and disinformation online that has real-world impacts. Join us and be part of the campaign to clean up social media and hold…
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Living with an eating disorder is hard. Recovery is hard. Only one leads to lasting happiness. Choose your hard.
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Madi; fighting myself to stay alive 🇵🇸 @madi-faith.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
; SO important. the plan to make weight loss jabs so widely available places eating disorder sufferers at risk and will have such a harmful impact. please sign 👇🏻👇🏻
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
💉Eating Disorders + Weight Loss Jabs: Harm waiting to happen💉 We're concerned about the comments made by the Health Secretary around weight loss jabs, and the plans to widen access to them will harm people with eating disorders Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting today shorturl.at/8XKGl
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Today is #ARFIDAwarenessDay. We spoke to Lucy Morrison who sadly lost her son to undiagnosed ARFID about the challenges they faced getting help, and what changes she wants to see to help raise awareness of this serious eating disorder. www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/my-son-...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride to anyone heading into London to celebrate today 🏳️‍🌈 Pride month may be over but we will continue to raise awareness of the challenges LGBTQIA+ people face when it comes to eating disorders.
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Mel Ciavucco @melciavucco.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It's #ARFIDAwarenessDay 📢 In this blog, I’m sharing a bit about what ARFID is, my own lived experience & reflections from my practice as an eating disorder therapist. www.melciavucco.com/blog/not-jus...
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Not Just “Picky Eaters”: The Reality of ARFID
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a lesser-known eating disorder. It can impact every part of life, from physical health to social interactions and self-esteem. In this blog, I’m sh...
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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
On June 21st we took to the streets of London for the third #DumptheScales March to demand action and change for people with eating disorders. 👊 Mia Thompson, one of our volunteers shared what the March, and the Dump the Scales movement means to her: www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/i-showe...
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