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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Aug 14

**NEW STUDY IN SOUTH LONDON FOR ADULTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND CO-OCCURRING DEPRESSION IS NOW RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS** The EDEN study explores the feasibility of using ketamine in people with AN and depression www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN26462355. Contact the EDEN study team: [email protected]

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

More details about the project are available here:
🔗 www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/projects/lon...

Loneliness and eating disorders: Exploring measurement approaches,…

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

She adds:
"Loneliness can significantly affect treatment outcomes. With this project, I hope to better understand how these experiences interact and use that knowledge to inform more personalised, meaningful interventions."

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dr İnce Çağlar says:
"I am thrilled to receive this award, which will enable me to comprehensively investigate an important, but under-researched, association between loneliness and eating disorders in young people."

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

We’re proud to share that Dr Başak İnce Çağlar @basakince.bsky.social‬ has been awarded a Launchpad Grant in Eating Disorders Research from the Medical Research Foundation 🎉 ‪@medresfdn.bsky.social‬

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Jul 21

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...

Loneliness and eating disorders: Exploring measurement approaches,…

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

More details about the project are available here:
🔗 www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/projects/lon...

Loneliness and eating disorders: Exploring measurement approaches,…

www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk

Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

She adds:
"Loneliness can significantly affect treatment outcomes. With this project, I hope to better understand how these experiences interact and use that knowledge to inform more personalised, meaningful interventions."

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dr İnce Çağlar says:
"I am thrilled to receive this award, which will enable me to comprehensively investigate an important, but under-researched, association between loneliness and eating disorders in young people."

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · May 20

A recent study investigated how emerging adults with anorexia experienced support from family and friends. Findings highlighted the interplay between the development and recovery from anorexia and the process of becoming independent during emerging adulthood. Read the paper here:
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40337-025-01260-8#Tab1

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · May 20

People with eating disorders (ED) often struggle with anxiety, which can worsen symptoms and hinder recovery. This review found mixed evidence for medications treating anxiety in EDs, but more research is needed. Read the full review here:
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40378942/

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · May 7

Have your say on early intervention for eating disorders! Click the link below for more information:

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · May 6

🧠Autistic people with EDs face unique barriers to care. This paper explores how the #PEACEPathway—a tailored, autism-informed ED approach—improves engagement. 8 key domains emerged, leading to a practical self-assessment checklist for services.

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Apr 30

🧬🔬 New study finds significantly lower leptin levels in people with anorexia nervosa vs. recovered individuals and healthy controls—highlighting leptin as a potential state biomarker. IGF-1 may also play a role, but more research is needed.
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...

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Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders @kingsedresearch.bsky.social · Apr 30

🧠New twin study finds links between depression and eating behaviours — especially emotional and restrained eating. Genetic and environmental factors partly explain this connection, with antidepressants also playing a role.
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Lifetime history of depression and eating behaviours: a co-twin control study of the TwinsUK registry

The extent to which depression impacts eating behaviours, and the mechanisms underpinning their relationship are unclear. We aim to investigate the re…

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · Feb 28

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 [email protected]

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · Feb 27

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.

A study poster with bright colours and shapes, with two people exchanging books in the bottom right corner.

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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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · Feb 27

You can find out more about the study by watching our recruitment video or visit the EDIFY website: tinyurl.com/WeWantToHear...

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The STORY study: Participant information and recruitment

YouTube video by EDIFY research

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · Feb 27

Additionally, if you are interested in learning more about the scientific side of STORY, you can read our published protocol paper using the link here: tinyurl.com/STORYProtoco...

Characterising illness stages and recovery trajectories of eating disorders in young people via remote measurement technology (STORY): a multi-centre prospective cohort study protocol - BMC Psychiatry

Background Eating disorders (EDs) are serious, often chronic, conditions associated with pronounced morbidity, mortality, and dysfunction increasingly affecting young people worldwide. Illness progres...

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EDIFY research @edifyresearch.bsky.social · Feb 26

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 · Feb 26

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.

An infographic featuring four boxes arranged in a grid layout. Each box contains distinct text:

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 · Feb 25

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 · Feb 24

📣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...

Food Insecurity in Eating Disorders: A Short Animation

YouTube video by EDIFY research

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Alykhan Asaria @alykhanasaria.bsky.social · Feb 16

Please share this flyer with eating disorder caregivers, to help King’s College London with their vital research on improving access to ED care and the treatments people are offered. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingsedresearch.bsky.social @edifyresearch.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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Dr Karina Allen @karina-maudsley.bsky.social · Feb 14

New publication on help-seeking in eating disorders, with consideration of intersecting marginalised characteristics. Brilliant first PhD publication from Jessica Wilkins! @freedfromed.bsky.social @edifyresearch.bsky.social @kingsedresearch.bsky.social

jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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