In 2019, it was estimated that nearly 3 million youngsters and younger individuals worldwide skilled consuming issues (WHO, 2022). Outlined by the unfavorable beliefs and behaviours they trigger individuals to have about themselves and their consuming, physique form, and weight, consuming issues can have a number of implications on an individual’s bodily and psychological well being, in addition to on their growth (NICE 2020, Schmidt et al, 2016).
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, preliminary reviews from world wide recommend that the prevalence of consuming issues has elevated significantly (Auger et al., 2023). In England alone, the prevalence of any consuming dysfunction in 11- to 16-year-olds elevated from 0.5% in 2017 to 2.6% in 2023, and the prevalence of any consuming dysfunction in 17- to 19-year-olds rose from 0.8% in 2017 to 12.5% in 2023 (Psychological Well being of Kids and Younger Folks in England, 2023).
Consuming Problems Consciousness Week (26 February – 3 March 2024) is a chance to carry a highlight on consuming issues and to enhance consciousness of the impression that consuming dysfunction can have on youngsters and younger individuals.
This Consuming Dysfunction Consciousness Week, we encourage you to discover the FREE studying alternatives accessible on our web site, and to share together with your networks.
Assets
Podcasts
- NEW PODCAST ‘RESHAPE Examine: Key Takeaways on Consuming Problems’ with Professor Tamsin Ford and Clara Faria
- NEW PODCAST ‘Performing Effectively however not Appreciating it – A Trait Function of Anorexia Nervosa’ with Professor Kerstin von Plessen
- NEW PODCAST ‘Avoidant Restrictive Meals Consumption Dysfunction (ARFID): Prevalence and Implications’ with Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell
- NEW PODCAST ‘Avoidant Restrictive Meals Consumption Dysfunction (ARFID): Psychological Interventions and Outcomes’ with Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell
Articles
- Weblog from Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell on ‘An Overview of Psychological Interventions for Avoidant Restrictive Meals Consumption Dysfunction (ARFID)’
Matter Guides
Open Entry papers from ACAMH journals
- ACAMH Featured Paper from the JCPP ‘Reciprocal associations between parental feeding practices and baby consuming behaviours from toddlerhood to early childhood: bivariate latent change evaluation within the Gemini cohort’, (2023), Alice R. Kininmonth, Moritz Herle, Emma Haycraft, Clare Farrow, Kristiane Tommerup, Helen Croker, Abigail Pickard, Katie Edwards, Jacqueline Blissett, and Clare Llewellyn
- JCPP Unique Article ‘Shifting age of kid consuming dysfunction hospitalizations through the Covid-19 pandemic’, (2023), Nathalie Auger, Howard Steiger, Thuy Mai Luu, Nicholas Chadi, Nancy Low, Marianne Bilodeau-Bertrand, Jessica Healy-Profitós, Aimina Ayoub, Émilie Brousseau, and Mimi Israël
- ACAMH Featured Paper from JCPP Advances ‘Performing effectively however not appreciating it – A trait characteristic of anorexia nervosa’, (2023), Tine Schuppli Hjerresen, Mette Bentz, Ayna Baladi Nejad, Estelle Raffin, Kasper Winther Andersen, Oliver James Hulme, Hartwig Roman Siebner, and Kerstin Jessica Plessen
- ACAMH Featured Paper from JCPP Advances ‘Present proof for avoidant restrictive meals consumption dysfunction: Implications for medical apply and future instructions’, (2023), Tanith Archibald, and Rachel Bryant-Waugh
Take a look at 2023’s incredible library of assets on Consuming Problems – Notion, Prevention, Intervention
