Kicking off Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Kerrie, CEO & Founder, and Charlie, an Alumni client, appear on Sky News to raise awareness of men and males with eating disorders.
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EDAW 2023: Eating Disorders in Boys & Men
For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Dewald Louw, sits with Hannah Hickinbotham, from Full of Beans podcast. Together, they discuss the prevalence of eating disorders in boys and men, and how masculinity impacts the development of eating disorders.
Men and eating disorders: ‘I didn’t fit the stereotype and suffered in silence’
Article featuring Orri Alumni client’s eating disorder recovery journey, before and during treatment with Orri. Featuring insights on male eating disorders, by Kerrie Jones, Orri CEO and Founder.
Men ‘suffer in silence’ due to ‘shame’ over seeking help for eating disorders
Kerrie, Orri CEO & Founder, speaks with Metro: “Men are left out in the narrative with eating disorders and subsequently suffer in silence. Historically, eating disorders have been perceived as illnesses that affect women.”
How to set fitness goals that are about feeling good, not losing weight
“Setting weight-based goals can put arbitrary expectations on ourselves that only work to shame ourselves into action. Instead, we must focus on movements that bring joy and tap into the part of ourselves that wants to play and be creative.”
A diabetes drug is going viral for its supposed weight loss benefits—but there’s a seriously dark problem here
Doctor Louisa Beckford, Consultant Psychiatrist at Orri explains the drug, Ozempic. Manufactured by the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.
Eating Disorders May Be Rising Amid Pandemic
Orri’s CEO & Founder, Kerrie, says: ‘”So many aspects of the lockdown mimicked the isolative, restrictive and chaotic nature of an eating disorder,” she said. “You can appear incredibly high-functioning on the outside whilst deeply struggling on the inside.”
Mental Health Awareness Week: experts reveal the key signs of loneliness & the practical steps that can help
For Mental Health Awareness Week, Orri CEO & Founder, Kerrie Jones, joins mental health experts to talk about loneliness and shares her practical advice to help those struggling. ‘We often find that people have very few close friends or intimate relationships as...
New guidance issued to try and save lives as eating disorder hospital admissions in England soar
Kerrie Jones, Orri’s CEO & Founder, and Dr Paul Robinson, Orri’s Director of Research & Development and Clinical Advisor to the newly launched MEED guidance, feature in ITV News latest report. Following the week’s news on the rise of eating disorder admissions...
How to tell if your child has an eating disorder – and what to do about it
An Orri client shares her eating disorder recovery journey, including her experience of treatment at Orri. ‘Three years ago, I made some huge changes, which were critical to my recovery – I left my relationship, and I quit medicine. I slowly improved, but in May 2020,...
Love Island’s Michael Griffiths says bodybuilding contests left him with disordered eating
Love Island alum contestant, Michael Griffiths, shares his experience of disordered eating and discusses the pressure men face when it comes to body image. Kerrie Jones, CEO & Founder of Orri, says: “For men, the more nuanced signs of an eating disorder may go...
EVE SIMMONS: I saw Deliciously Ella as beautiful, successful and happy – everything I wanted to be… but her ‘clean eating’ trend fuelled my anorexia
Experts say even subtle messages about what to eat, and what not to, can easily be misinterpreted. ‘People who are vulnerable to eating disorders tend to be perfectionistic and in search of the ‘best’ way to behave or act,’ says Kerrie Jones, psychotherapist and CEO...