Advice and resources
We have produced two resources with stakeholders.
Eating Disorder Support App
The Eating Disorder Support App was developed with Expert Self Care, and co-produced with public contributors, topic experts, charities and other partners.
The free App provides information, gives support and signposts useful sources of help. It is evidence-informed and has been co-created with people who have lived experience of eating disorders.
A review of the app in 2024, found:
- 94% of users rated the Eating Disorder Support App as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
- 87.6% expressed ‘willingness to recommend it to a friend dealing with an eating disorder’.
The App carries the PIF tick, a sign of health information you can trust and is also ORCHA approved. As of January 2025, the App has been downloaded 21,200 times.
Download the App for iPhone on the Apple App Store and for Android on Google Play.
ED Support and Resources Guide
Our Patient and Public Involvement team has produced an Eating Disorder Support and Resources Guide (PDF) to support anyone affected by eating disorders, including those struggling personally and their families, partners and friends, as well as professionals. This guide covers Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Access the Guide
ED HIT conference
ED HIT holds an annual research conference to exchange knowledge and build networks. It is usually attended by researchers, healthcare professionals working in eating disorder services and charity sector organisations.
2024: Equality, diversity and inclusion and eating disorders
- Body image and socioeconomic status: Samantha (Sam) Hahn, Assistant Professor & Population Health Researcher, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, USA
- Body image and autism: Phaedra Longhurst, PhD Researcher & Associate Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
- Lived experience talk: Constance Shiridzinomwa, a Black parent, caring for a loved one with an eating disorder (no presentation available).
2023: Gender and eating disorders
- Latika Ahuja: Positive body image in men (no presentation available).
- Simone Harding: Eating disorders and the trans/non-binary perspective
- George Mycock and James Downs: Eating disorders and men
- Dr Helena Lewis-Smith: Disordered eating in Muslim men
2022: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the area of eating disorders
- Farheen Hasan: Fasting and disordered eating in young British Muslim women
- Ryan Jones: Lesbian experiences of anorexia and bulimia
- Professor Lucy Serpell and Charlotte Babb (SEDAF: Study of Eating Disorders in Autistic Females): Understanding autism and eating disorders. Find out more: Anorexia nervosa: an interview with Mair Elliott and Dr William Mandy
