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We are so lucky that we live in a digital age, where many aspects of our lives are made easier with technology. Health and fitness is one such area that has seen incredible technical advances. We can monitor our activity level, reflect on and analyse our diets and, crucially, support each other through buddy systems.

These are all wonderful things and there are many people who truly benefit from using apps and trackers. Our question is, when does this self-awareness turn into something...

When I tell people I eat what I want, when I want - I tend to get some funny looks. With diet culture rife in our society, the idea of eating whatever we want is an alien concept for many. The story gets even stranger when I mention that I used to have anorexia, an eating disorder that involves restrictive eating.

Let’s back up a minute though - when I say I eat what I want, when I want, I don’t mean I run around throwing any food that I come across into my mouth. What I mean is, that I...

NHS Digital have revealed there were 13,885 admissions for eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia between April 2016 and 2017, compared with 7,260 in the year leading up to April 2011.

The Telegraph reports that there has been a spike in the number of under-18 female admissions for anorexia, from 961 in 2010-11, to almost 1,904 in the latest figures.

It comes as NHS England revealed to Happiful last week, it is working towards its 2020 target of 95 per cent of under 19s being...

For people with disordered eating, New Year’s can bring with it a lot of challenges. There’s pressure from all angles to ‘transform’ yourself, to lose weight, eat healthier, exercise more, achieve more… be better.

This external noise only amplifies the internal noise for someone with eating problems.

It tells them they aren’t good enough and that now it’s the new year, they should join in with everyone else to become a ‘new person’.

On the surface, the driving force behind these...

If you're not familiar with the phrase 'iifym', it stands for 'if it fits your macros', a craze that started being used by people competing in fitness physique competitions who needed to be of a certain weight/size, but now has been adopted by a lot of gym goers. It is a calculated daily amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats based usually on your weight, and sometimes activity level. Yes there is a lot of science behind it that it will support weight loss, however it requires daily...

Eating Disorders Awareness Week is 27th February to 5th March and this year, the aim is to encourage those suffering to speak up, be brave and seek help as early as possible.

What are eating disorders?

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses and can affect a person in many ways. It is thought that, in the UK alone, more than 725,000 men and women are affected by some form of disordered eating. The most common problems are anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and bulimia...

This month, BBC 3 released ‘Clean Eating’s Dirty Secrets’, a documentary exploring the explosive trend of clean-eating, veganism and specialist diets. While the documentary has had mixed reviews, it sparked discussion in the Nutritionist Resource office.

Internet sensation and body positive advocate, Grace Victory takes a deeper look into the clean-eating industry with the question, “Is this the lifestyle change we all need, or another fat diet in disguise - a fad diet with potentially...