Webinar: Eating Disorders - Nutrition & Nurturing

Eating disorders – a psychiatric illness and often an unspoken issue – are on the rise all over the world, with hospital admissions at their highest. A charity which helps those with eating disorders, Beat, has seen demand for their services surge by 81% during the Coronavirus pandemic (www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk). Uncertainty, disrupted routines, lack of gym facilities and food stockpiling are just a few of the factors that exacerbated the eating disordered habits of some, leading to relapses, whilst others developed new disorders.

Join Nutritionist, Wendy O’Neill, for an insight into various eating disorders and their impact both mentally and physically. Her talk will follow the theme of improving physical and mental health and self-esteem, as well as patients accepting personal responsibility for their wellbeing.

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, bingeing, binge-purge and disordered eating, emotional eating and orthorexia are some of the disorders that can transpire due to poor mental health. We will be discussing their differences and psychophysiology to understand the effect on the body and mind.

To identify whether your patient might have an eating disorder, it is important to understand who is affected, and the personal and the societal changes which may have impacted them. Wendy will then be exploring how to recognise the signs and diagnose each illness. We will be learning what recovery methods work best for the body and mind, including nutrition and nurturing techniques.

We will send you an email with instructions to register and gain access to the webinar 'room' 24 hours before, and a reminder 1 hour before the event.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand what defines each type of eating disorder & learn to identify the signs
• Enhance your knowledge on the short and long-term physical and mental effects
• Learn how to diagnose them and evidence-based treatments for recovery and management

Agenda

Part 1:

• Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, bingeing, binge-purge & disordered eating, emotional eating and orthorexia
• The impact on the body and mind
• Short-term & long-term effects

Part 2:

• Who is affected?
• Identifying the causes 
• What’s changing in society?
• Diagnosing the illness
• Help & recovery for body and mind - nutrition & nurturing

Speaker

Wendy O'Neill

Nutritionist | London

Wendy O’Neill is a Registered Nutritionist and member of The Nutrition Society, Europe's largest learned society for nutrition. She provides scientific, evidence-based information and advice, which is governed by the Association for Nutrition (AfN), the voluntary regulator for Registered Nutritionists.

She has worked in the NHS and private practice treating dietary-related health problems such as raised cholesterol, diabetes, elevated blood pressure, liver and kidney disease, IBS, intolerances and allergies. She also devises long-term, sustainable weight loss and maintenance programmes for individuals and families.

Through her work with schools and families she has extensive experience of dealing with eating-related issues, including bulimia, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, deficiencies, weight loss and weight gain.

Wendy shuns fad diets and the promotion of unnecessary supplements, preferring individual plans based on a patient’s requirements and lifestyle. Her mission is to improve health, wellbeing, self-esteem and fitness with an achievable, life-long plan.

What's included

Live 2-hour group learning webinar, speaker's slides (if permitted), CPD certificate, and recording of the course (even if you can't make it to the live event).

Who should attend

Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Sports Therapists, Hand Therapists, Radiographers, Occupational Therapists, GP, Other Health Professionals, Trainee Health Professionals, Students