When a child develops an eating disorder, parents can feel frightened, overwhelmed and unsure how best to help. Di and Graham Archer shared their experience of supporting both their daughters through eating disorders, reflecting on the challenges, mistakes and lessons they learned along the way.

Why exercise addiction can be difficult to recognise, how it connects with eating disorders, and what recovery and support can look like.

Eating disorders rarely look the way we expect them to. They do not always present as dramatic weight loss or obvious distress. More often, they are quiet, concealed and entangled in everyday struggles. Social prescribers can play a critical role in identifying and supporting individuals affected by eating disorders.

We tend to label things as either ‘normal eating’ or ‘eating disorders’, but there’s a large grey area in between. Disordered eating is something many people experience - yet few understand.