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Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thanks to you, we are one of the UK's biggest funders of eating disorders research.💚 However, research into these serious illnesses is still far too underfunded, receiving just 1% of all mental health research funding. See how you can support our work: bit.ly/3OZiPFC #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek

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Graphic showing the Medical Research Foundation's commitment to eating disorders research.

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Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Eating disorders remain among the least funded areas of mental health research, despite affecting 1.25 million people and accounting for 9% of those with a mental health condition in the UK. 📈 This #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, learn how you can support vital research in this area: bit.ly/3OZiPFC

Statistics showing eating disorders to be one of the least funded mental health research areas.

Statistics showing how eating disorders account for around 9% of the total number of people with a mental health condition in the UK.

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Eating disorders can affect anybody, from any age, sex, gender, and background. Yet limiting stereotypes still exist about who can be affected by eating disorders. #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #EDAW youtu.be/JBmOI8xKAc8?...

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Eating Disorders, Ethnicity and Culture

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Eating disorders typically develop during adolescence or emerging adulthood — where people are vulnerable to loneliness. @medresfdn.bsky.social has funded @basakince.bsky.social to inform the development of assessment and treatment approaches www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/projects/lon...

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Loneliness and eating disorders: Exploring measurement approaches,…

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Eating disorders occur across the weight spectrum, yet people in larger bodies often face extra barriers when trying to get their eating disorder recognised and treated. youtu.be/zadJqBBfx-s #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #EDAW

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Eating Disorders in People with Higher Weight

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

As part of #EatingDisorders Awareness Week, we're inviting everyone to our film screening by four EDIFY artists-in-residents as they share artistic translations of eating disorder experience and research Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/commu...

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Communicating Eating Disorders Experiences and Research through Art | King's College London

Materials, Shapes, Sounds and Stories of EDIFY Artists in Residence.

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freedfromed.bsky.social @freedfromed.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Check out these 'Reconnection Charms’ made by Sian Fan, a resident artist with the @edifyresearch.bsky.social programme! You can hear Sian talk about her work at the EDIFY conference on 21st Jan: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/shapi...

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Tine Opitz @tineopitz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded funding to lead my own research project looking into the association between eating disorders (ED) and PCOS! Grateful to @medresfdn.bsky.social for supporting this work and further important ED research. Very much looking forward to the journey ahead!

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Başak İnce @basakince.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I’m thrilled to have received a Launchpad Grant from @medresfdn.bsky.social This award will enable me to investigate an important relationship between loneliness and eating disorders in young people. Huge thanks to the Medical Research Foundation for supporting this work!

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The @freedfromed.bsky.social team want to hear from you! What is most important in #earlyintervention for #eatingdisorders? Those with lived experience, families, clinicians, researchers, anyone involved is welcome to take part. Take the short survey here: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

For day 5 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we're sharing work from EDIFY WS 5! We have reached 50% of our recruitment target for the RaISE trial of non-invasive neuromodulation for anorexia 🧠 We are still recruiting! To find out more, contact amelia.1.hemmings@kcl.ac.uk

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

For day 4 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we're sharing work from EDIFY Workstreams 3/4! These Workstreams are focused on understanding how young people recover from their eating disorder and how their eating disorder changes over time. As such, we are recruiting for STORY.

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The text reads:
"We want to hear your STORY! Join the STORY study!

Are you... between 16-25 years, and have an eating disorder, or have no eating disorder or major mental health diagnoses?

The STORY study is a one-year long study to explore the diverse experiences of young people with eating disorders and how they recover from them.

Interested? Contact us under: STORY@kcl.ac.uk"

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Edinburgh University Eating Disorders Research Group @edresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Day 3 of #EDAW updates! We are delighted to highlight EDIFY today which is co-led by @drhelensharpe.bsky.social . @edifyresearch.bsky.social is a 4 year programme of research focused on how we understand and treat eating disorders in young people. Www.edifyresearch.co.uk

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EDIFY - shaping a fresh approach to eating disorders

EDIFY works directly with young people with eating disorders to map the diverse routes into and out of illness.

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For day 3 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing work from EDIFY Workstream 2! This workstream uses large cohort data to explore the interplay of risk and protective factors for eating disorders, including unique and shared pathways in different groups.

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Box 1: In workstream 2, we use cohort data to explore potential risk factors for eating disorders.

Box 2: Currently, we are looking at the topic of childhood food insecurity and links with disordered eating in adolescence.

Box 3: We know that eating disorders occur across the socio-economic spectrum, but we know less about the impacts of growing up in food insecurity.

Box 4: Using cohort data means we get a bigger picture of the population, not just people who typically participate in research.

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For day 3 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing work from EDIFY Workstream 2!

This visual abstract describes key findings of a recent study conducted by researchers of the EDIFY team on the relationship between sleep and disordered eating. As part of this graphic, it is outlined that about one in four young people experience sleep problems. Furthermore, the graphic states that sleep and disordered eating can be linked through a variety of factors including disturbed mood. Based on information provided by more than 6,000 young people in the UK, we investigated if sleep and disordered eating are associated across time. Within our study, we found that sleep (as assessed at age 14) did not predict disordered eating at age 17. However, we found that disordered eating (as assessed at age 14) did predict poorer sleep quality at age 17 through depressive symptoms. We conclude that more research is needed to explore the relationship between sleep and different forms of disordered eating.

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

For day 2 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing an update on EDIFY Workstream 1 from the University of Nottingham. @tamsinparnell.bsky.social

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📣This #edaw2025, we wanted to share a recent animation we made with Woven Ink on food insecurity in people with eating disorders. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhU...

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Food Insecurity in Eating Disorders: A Short Animation

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📣Have you had treatment for anorexia that has not helped you recover fully? Check out RaISE, a trial of non-invasive brain stimulation! Participants receive 20 sessions of iTBS, £50 and can see a picture of their brain📷🧠 Email amelia.1.hemmings@kcl.ac.uk for more info!

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

📢Call for participants 📢 We want to improve access to #eatingdisorder care! If you identify as an underrepresented group in ED research, we would really like to hear about your experience of ED help seeking! Contact jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk to find out more and take part.

Recruitment poster for a study looking at experience of help seeking for eating disorder care. text read: Are you aged 16 years or over? Do you have a current or past eating disorder? Do you identify as being part of any of the following groups? ethnic minority, men, LGBTQ+? We want to speak with people who are not well represented in services about their experience seeking help for an eating disorder. we want to improve access to eating disorder care and the treatments people are offered. you would need to complete a short survey about yourself and take part in an interview lasting up to an hour. If you would like to be involved contact jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

📢 Read the Estra team's new paper! Machine learning models for diagnosis and risk prediction in eating disorders, depression, and alcohol use disorder doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧠

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