Food insecurity and eating disorders

Food insecurity means not having consistent access to enough safe, nutritious food. Experiences of food insecurity, whether past or present, can contribute to the onset of an eating disorder, exacerbate existing ED symptoms, or increase the risk of recurrence.

As part of a Changing Policy and Practice Award from Medical Research UK, EDIFY* have developed an information leaflet on food insecurity and EDs, which can be downloaded below.

If you are a healthcare professional, two additional resources have been developed:

1) Guidance on how to screen for, and identify food insecurity in those with eating disorders
2) Recommendations for how to adapt eating disorder treatment for those with experiences of food insecurity

Access these here: https://edifyresearch.co.uk/resources/61/resources-food-insecurity-and-eating-disorders

* (EDIFY) = Eating Disorders: Delineating illness and recovery trajectories to inform personalised prevention and early intervention in young people.