Project: @UniofNottingham AHRC- Wellcome-funded: Creative ways of raising awareness of #EatingDisorders in males E-mail: [email protected]

Nottingham, England
Joined February 2019
Culture shapes how we eat, how we see our bodies, and whether we feel safe asking for help. This fantastic video illustrates how eating disorders show up differently across communities. Take a look 👇 #BodyImage #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity
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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Thank you @EDHITBristol for your comment on our @edify film. Very interested to Co-produce more films like this.
Culture shapes how we eat, how we see our bodies, and whether we feel safe asking for help. This fantastic video illustrates how eating disorders show up differently across communities. Take a look 👇 #BodyImage #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthEquity
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Thanks to all authors and participants, lead author @tamsinparnell , D Hunt, and the Co-authors from @EDIFYresearch
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Happy to share a journalistic version of our article on how people with #eatingdisorders experience #Algorithms on social media. How social media draws vulnerable users back to eating disorder content – new research theconversation.com/how-soci… via @ConversationUK
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Social media shapes how young people learn about food, which can be both positive and negative. Watch the video below to understand the connection between social media and food: youtu.be/rcqXvOpYF30. #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek
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Latest research from FSI associate Heike Bartel provides a thematic analysis of young people's views on TikTok algorithms and eating disorder content, helping us understand how to build safer food cultures and online spaces. Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10…
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Our film highlights the experiences of young people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, who share their perspectives on how their ethnicity and culture impacted their experience of developing, living with and seeking help for an eating disorder.
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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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Their words remind us that we need different perspectives and new voices to broaden our understanding of eating disorders. @beatED @UKRI_News @EdinburghUni @ConsiderMaleEDs @kingsedresearch @FREEDfromED @UniofNottingham @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsIoPPN
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Dr Heike Bartel and Dr Tamsin Parnell are leading a virtual workshop today exploring the relationship between social media, eating disorders, and online safety. #eatingdisordersawarenessweek #EDAW @beatED @ConsiderMaleEDs
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For ED Awareness Week, we are highlighting some articles published in JED Thigh gaps and filtered snaps: a qualitative study exploring opportunities to mitigate social media harm through content moderation for people with eating disorders #EDAW2026 ➡️doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
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For ED Awareness Week, we are highlighting some articles published in JED: Pandemic impact, mitigation strategies and peer support: a qualitative analysis of youth, parent, clinician and administrator perspectives #EDAW2026 ➡️Read more: doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
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In Journal of Eating Disorders 📱Young people with eating disorders can be drawn into “negative spirals” of harmful TikTok content through the platform’s algorithm 🌀This exposure can worsen ED thoughts and behaviours and impact recovery ➡️doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
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For ED Awareness Week, we are highlighting some articles published in JED A qualitative, spatial perspective on how people with eating disorders experience algorithms shaping their movement across social media #EDAW2026 ➡️Read more: doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-0…
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Eating disorders affect men too, but stigma and false assumptions delay recognition and care. EDCare’s gender-inclusive programs provide compassionate support for all. Free, confidential assessments: eatingdisorder.care/free-ass… #EDCare #EDRecovery #EDAW #NEDAW #BreakTheStigma
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Informed by lived experience, and created by researchers from the EDIFY programme and the animation company Woven Ink, this short animated film aims to raise awareness of these challenges and emphasise that everyone deserves understanding, support, and access to care.
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