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UK mental health charities handed sensitive data to Facebook for targeted ads

Embedded tracking tool revealed details of users’ visits to content on depression, self-harm and eating disorders

The Guardian - UK

Bride criticised for promoting 'disordered eating' as she shares wedding day menu

A fitness influencer has sparked outrage online after sharing a TikTok video of everything she ate on her wedding day - including sugar-free cake and controversial anti-bloat pills

Daily Mirror

EastEnders confirm heartbreaking eating disorder storyline for Ben Mitchell

The BBC soap has been working alongside Beat on the storyline that will see Ben struggle with bulimia.

Daily Record

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Why diet-based trends on TikTok could be 'dangerous' for your health

The trends have billions of views on TikTok and have been described as "really dangerous"

Manchester Evening News

EastEnders reveals heartbreaking eating disorder storyline for Ben Mitchell

Ben Mitchell will be part of a heartbreaking EastEnders storyline which sees him struggle with bulimia.

WhatToWatch

Health experts issue urgent warning over viral TikTok trend: ‘Extremely dangerous’

The hashtag #WaterTok is used by people who make ‘recipes’ using water and flavoured ‘skinny’ syrups

The Independent UK

WaterTok and TikTok 'diet' trend causes eating disorder expert to call for ban

The two viral TikTok trends encourage disordered eating among young people, warns one specialist.

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Calls for ban on 'dangerous' #WaterTok and 'What I Eat in a Day' TikTok trends

Charity claims they encourage disordered eating among young people

Wales Online

Concerns over new 'WaterTok' trend where TikTokers replace meals with flavoured drinks

Martha Williams, 28, a specialist for eating disorder charity Beat, believes these trends are “really dangerous” and only serve to “make thoughts about disordered eating worse"

Daily Mirror

Putting calories on menus is harmful to people with eating disorders, says research

More than 80% of those asked said it was detrimental

Wales Online

Calories on menus are damaging for people with eating disorders, says charity

A survey for Beat found that eight in 10 people with experience of an eating disorder said calories on menus has negatively affected their recovery.

The Independent UK

Calories on menus damaging for people with eating disorders, charity warns

A survey for Beat found that eight in 10 people with experience of an eating disorder said calories on menus has negatively affected their recovery.

The Independent UK

Wegovy weight loss drug - what is it, who is eligible to use it and when will it be available in UK?

The drug will also be available to buy privately through some pharmacies

Manchester Evening News

What is the new wonder weight loss drug?

Your questions answered on Wegovy.

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh student says 'toxic' social media left her battling eating disorder

Lottie is looking to raise money for the eating disorder charity BEAT by running the Edinburgh marathon and has shared her own story of having to battle an uncommon form of the disorder.

Wales Online

Kelly was consuming just 42 calories a day when she was told her 'body was dying'

Kelly Appleton has opened up about her struggles with anorexia

Daily Mirror

Nikki Grahame's mum calls for ban on dangerous diet apps after daughter's tragic death

The Sunday Mirror signed up to several apps that encourage people to lose weight by starving themselves with some users bragging they had gone hungry for five days or more

The Guardian - UK

Many men have a problematic relationship with food – and I’m one of them

People often tell me that they don’t have an ‘off switch’ when it comes to drinking. I don’t have that problem, but it’s a different story when it comes to eating, writes Adrian Chiles

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Evening Standard

Children and young people with eating disorders face ‘treatment postcode lottery’

Royal College of Psychiatry warns of huge rise in young people seeking treatment since before pandemic

The Independent UK

Rise in children getting treatment for eating disorders, psychiatrists warn

Royal College of Psychiatrists’ analysis shows all regions in England are failing to meet the Government target for when patients should be seen.

Daily Mirror

'Representation of gay men made it harder to battle my eating disorder at 16'

Chris Hayter, 31, from Norfolk, opens up about the impact of gay stereotypes and lack of diverse body representation on young men across the UK with eating disorders

The Independent UK

Half of men with eating disorders don’t get any help: 8 warning signs somebody needs support

To mark Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Lisa Salmon finds out why breaking the stigma around the illness in males is so important.

Belfast Live

NI man opens up on overcoming binge eating and urges others not to be afraid to seek help

"There's nothing that compares to the peace you'll feel when you don't wake up every day thinking about food"

Wales Online

The thriving artisan bakery where the owner knows everyone’s name

You'd think it had been there a lifetime but in fact the venture, run by husband and wife team Adrian and Hollie Moses, is only months old

Daily Mirror

Wegovy weight loss jab to be sold by UK chemists 'could be gateway to eating disorders'

Experts have raised concerns about the potentially damaging effects of Wegovy weight loss jab, known as the 'skinny shot'

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