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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · 9d

📢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.

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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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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · Aug 23

Colin Sheridan is one of less than a dozen Irish mainstream journalists who reported and wrote about events in Gaza accurately from day one. His opinion pieces have become must reads. This, on Sally Rooney, is no exception.

Rooney places her moral weight against apartheid
N THE carefully var-
temporary literature where a writer's
anatest sin is often being. accused of earnestness, Sally Rooney has carved nersen out as sometnin far more dangerous: A
That may sound odd
given that we live in an era where everyone online is either performing outrage
But Rooney, in her quiet waw.isdoink somethinx.an more destabilising than simply throwing hashtags around.
She is daring to ask the
obvious. inconvenient question: Why should a novelist plead neutrality in
The answer, if you listen to her critics, is that she ought to sit down and get back to writing about awkwardly beautiful twenty. somethings who struggle The answer, if you listen to Rooney, is that the writer's quill cannot ignore the blood spilled in Gaza
nor the subjugation of the Palestinian people.
This is what makes her subversive. Not the cool girl Marxist chic she was once accused of hiding in her prose, but the persist. ence with which she insists on speaking into silence.
Literature, despite its reputation for being brave and bold, is at times a re-
Writers may bluster
about sex, drugs, and class struggle, but bring up Palestine at a panel dis
oxygen vanish from the Rooney, born in Castle-bar, schooled in Trinity,
now tyis in & kaire sne openly despises, has done
peers dare not: She has placed her moral weight against Israel's flagrant system of apartheid.
She retused an Israeli publisher's request to translate her Beautiful
Gaza is a topic best avoided in publishing, but the
'Normal People' author is daring to ask uncomfortable questions on neutrality in the face of genocide, writes Colin Sheridan
World, Where Are You into position that might upset
Hebrew through companies that are complicit
the donors of a literary prize. Rooney, by contrast,
with the state. She instead has done what Irish
lestinian translators.
Cue the outrace, Cue thei headlines. Cue the accusations of hypocrisy, bias, naivety, faux-feminism.
What if her choice …

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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

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 · Aug 22

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...

"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.

www.dumpthescales.org

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Una Foye @unafoye.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢New research 📢 Our new qualitative study provides the first in-depth study exploring individuals experiences and views regarding why people with eating disorders are at risk of suicide. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@saakshikakar.bsky.social @mrtzhrl.bsky.social
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‘It’s the perfect storm’: why are people with eating disorders at risk of suicide? A qualitative study - BMC Medicine

Background Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with elevated all-cause mortality, with suicide cited as the second leading cause of death among individuals with EDs. Evidence suggests that individua...

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Medical Research Foundation @medresfdn.bsky.social · Jul 31

Currently, eating disorder services do not collect consistent routine data, which means we have limited knowledge of the effectiveness of care.

Funded by us, a new study has identified a standardised dataset to be collected by a clinical research network in the UK, EDCRN (@edcrn.bsky.social). [1/3]

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Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · Jul 15

"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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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · Jul 4

📚 For our next EDCRN journal club, authored by a member of our Lived Experience Advisory Board, we read about the PEACE Pathway – an autism-informed approach to ED care.

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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌱This month, we’re diving into the Full of Beans podcast hosted by Hannah Hickinbotham. Hannah is joined by Dr Jessica Murphy to explore long-term physical/mental effects of EDs in adulthood, and treatment changes needed to better support all ages.

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · Jun 7

With the right support, a life beyond the all-encompassing nature of an eating disorder is possible.

To make this a reality, we need faster, more equitable access to high-quality treatment. We need to understand what works for who and the different factors influencing EDs. We need more investment.

Dump The Scales @dumpthescales.bsky.social · Jun 5

The #DumpTheScales March on 21st June isn't just a walk.

It's a community of people affected by eating disorders coming together to call for change.

It's about connection and solidarity🌻

Here @annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social shares her reasons for taking part.

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · Jun 4

I have been wishing this episode into existence for longer than I care to admit 😅 ...and it did not disappoint!

Highly recommended listening!

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 3

We're back!

Everyone agrees that "ultra-processed food" is bad for you but no one can define what it actually is.
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Ultra-Processed Foods

Podcast Episode · Maintenance Phase · 06/03/2025 · 1h 11m

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 21

Abhorrent to see Ireland a party to such violations.

Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · May 21

What's up Ireland.

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 17

📢Call for participants.

If you're a medical provider who has provided abortion care or a person who has (tried to) access(ed) abortion in Ireland since Jan 2019, please consider taking part in this important study.🙏🏻

Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 11

It is not my place to tell anyone how to manage their own health and lifestyle, but a gentle reminder to be discerning (always) in the research you consume🙂

Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 11

@yrfatfriend.bsky.social and @michaelhobbes.bsky.socialdo a great job highlighting this on the Maintenance Phase podcast www.maintenancephase.com

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 11

Amidst (limited and emerging!) research on weight loss medications and their potential impact on mental health, we cannot overstate the influence of weight stigma towards people in larger bodies, which can be a significant source of mental distress.

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 11

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · May 11

Spent a great few days in Edinburgh this week with the @edaceatingautism.bsky.social team and others funded under the @ukri.org collaborations in eating disorders research call.

Fab opportunity to chat all things peer research and hear updates from ECRs and teams working in the field.

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Dr. Cheri A Levinson @cherilev.bsky.social · May 8

Our new paper describing how we can move the field forward on co-occurring #ocd & #eatingdisorders is now out

Give it a read!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Movement Toward Dimensional Symptom Models of Comorbid Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder and Eating Disorders | Annual Reviews

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders (EDs) are highly comorbid. Despite the high comorbidity, there is little understanding of why these disorders coexist and even less research on...

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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · Mar 24

📚 Our new journal club kicks off with a paper on personalising treatment for Feeding and Eating Disorders (FEDs). We have highlighted key sections that struck a particular chord with the team at EDCRN!

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Dr Johanna Keeler 🏳️‍🌈 @jhnnklr.bsky.social · Mar 19

Do you or someone you know have experience of being a father of someone with an eating disorder? Please consider taking part in our study!

UK-based only

@kingsedresearch.bsky.social

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Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative @edaceatingautism.bsky.social · Feb 27

We are recruiting UK based clinicians in eating disorder services to think about barriers & enablers for implementing autism affirming care, for example PEACE pathway. If you would be willing to be interviewed over TEAMS there is more information here! edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Anna Carnegie @annacarnegie.bsky.social · Feb 25

Includes details of weight loss and ED behaviours so read with care, but v.timely and important article - and research - from @cherilev.bsky.social @doctorpipes.bsky.social @uofleatlab.bsky.social 🙌🙌🙌 #EDAW2025

Eating Anxiety Treatment Lab @uofleatlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨Check out this article!🚨

Our very own @cherilev.bsky.social and @doctorpipes.bsky.social provided important insight on #GLP-1s and how they're impacting our local community.

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As diabetes drives up Kentuckians' use of weight-loss drugs, worries arise about unintended effects • Kentucky Lantern

As Kentucky's high rate of diabetes pushes up use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, University of Louisville researchers look at drug's role in eating disorders.

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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · Feb 24

💙 It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week! 💙Learn more about how the EDCRN is helping those affected by eating disorders. 🧵👇

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