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# Eating Disorder

All time
Secrecy, shame, and getting help: Men and eating disorders in Ireland
26 Jun 2022
15.1k
10
6% of eating disorder patients admitted to hospital have received specialist care since 2018
17 Jun 2022
6.8k
Cork woman with eating disorder forced to go public to pay for treatment
4 Nov 2021
38.6k
14
'I don't want to crowdfund for my life': Young woman with serious eating disorder appeals for in-patient treatment
15 Apr 2021
20.5k
4
What are the wider implications of Covid-19 on our overlooked health services?
31 Jan 2021
9.2k
10
'I don’t know how you’re even still alive' - The ex-Ireland international who lived a nightmare
22 Feb 2020
45.7k
14
Compromise and having a 'code word': How to make Christmas easier for people with eating disorders
24 Dec 2019
12.9k
10
'It takes over a person's life': How clean eating can go too far
2 Nov 2019
27.2k
13
Seriously ill woman with eating disorder opposes being made ward of court
19 Sep 2019
18.2k
Court grants HSE order allowing it to take steps aimed at saving life of woman with eating disorder
17 Sep 2019
15.8k
'Serious concerns' over private treatment centre for people with anorexia
7 Jun 2018
21.0k
0
HSE says Brexit implications 'unclear' for Irish patients seeking eating disorder treatment in the UK
11 Mar 2018
7.6k
15
Hospital receives High Court order to feed 'critically ill' woman with anorexia through tube
5 Jan 2018
23.7k
'Recovery is possible': A third of people seeking help for eating disorders have had one for over 10 years
12 Aug 2017
17.4k
9
'To The Bone does not elevate disordered eating behaviours as something to aspire to'
Barry Murphy
15 Jul 2017
2.1k
7
Bingeing: 'I eat until I feel sick. I don’t realise what I’ve eaten until after the binge'
Jodie Kenny
26 Feb 2017
24.6k
17
Column: How to get through Christmas if you're recovering from an eating disorder
Cora McEvoy
22 Dec 2016
1.1k
'Fussy eater' kids more likely to have mental health issues
3 Aug 2015
19.8k
39
'I can't remember the first time I made myself sick but it quickly went from once a week to every meal.'
23 Jun 2015
19.9k
8
‘Having anorexia is harder than you can possibly imagine. I lived through hell.’
Pippa Newcomb
10 Apr 2015
6.2k
12
'I'm desperately reaching out for help... but where can I get it?'
Anonymous
1 Apr 2015
9.6k
34
'When I realised my thoughts were unhealthy, I retreated into myself even more'
Sarah Fallon
25 Mar 2015
251
7
Here's why Ireland doesn't need a ban on 'too thin' models
22 Mar 2015
56.0k
61
Increase in the number of men in their 20s and 30s with eating disorders
23 Feb 2015
14.6k
23
Opinion: I thought my eating disorder gave me control, but it was really controlling me
Méabh Corr
27 Jan 2015
1.4k
11
Opinion: Discovering my daughter had an eating disorder was a devastating experience
Margaret Kennedy
18 Sep 2014
106
3
Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
Sinead Fallon
19 Jul 2014
488
59
Opinion: I had to drop out of Gaelic football training. Why? Because I was bulimic
Alexandra Potter
10 May 2014
173
8
Column: 'I was in a secret, emotionally abusive relationship with myself'
Vicky Kavanagh
19 Mar 2014
912
20
Column: Eating disorders are not about food – they're about emotional distress
Louise Dolphin
24 Feb 2014
760
28
Singer Ke$ha seeking help with eating disorder
4 Jan 2014
23.1k
5
The Sunday Papers: some of the week's best sportswriting
27 May 2012
498
Pocock struggles with eating disorder
14 Nov 2011
1.8k
1
Topshop removes controversial image of thin model from website
13 Jul 2011
1.2k
1
Anti-anorexia model Isabelle Caro dies at 28
30 Dec 2010
6.6k
Picky eating: farce or phobia?
14 Aug 2010
389