If you think your relationship with food or exercise may have become unhealthy or disordered, or you are a coach or club looking to learn more about these topics and how to support your athletes, the following resources can help.
LINKS TO SUPPORT SERVICES
- Beat
The UK’s leading eating disorder charity - Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC)A UK eating disorder organisation
- BASEM Health 4 Performance
An online resource for coaches, clubs and athletes - England Athletics #RunAndTalk GroupsRunning groups to provide mental health support
- Sports Dietitians UKSharon Madigan, Head of Nutrition for the Irish Institute of Sport
- BJSM RED-S Clinical Assessment Tool
- First Steps Eating Disorders
East Midlands based Eating Disorder organisation
PODCASTS & VIDEOS
- ITV News – How fitness apps, trackers and social media are affecting people with eating disorders
- Tina Muir Running For Real Podcast – A New You Is More Than Just Healthy Eating
- BBC Five Live Investigates – Eating disorders in sport
- Marathon Talk – Rowan Preece
- Wood TV8 – Rachael Steil
- Orthorexia: My ‘healthy food’ eating disorder – Eloise Du Luart
- Let’s Get Running – Tom Fairbrother
- Marathon Talk – Tom Fairbrother
- CNN – Tom Fairbrother
- BBC Radio 2 – Tom Fairbrother
- Bad Boy Running – Renee McGregor
- The Food Medic – Renee McGregor
- Let’s Get Running – Renee McGregor
- Tina Muir Podcast – Renee McGregor
- BBC News – Bobby Clay
- Tina Muir Podcast – Chrissie Wellington
- Runner’s World Podcast – Chrissie Wellington, Renee McGregor and Tom Fairbrother
- The Physical Performance Show: Prof Belinda Beck – Bone Health Expert
- Dr Bubbs Podcast – Triathlons, Endurance Training & Considerations for Female Athletes w/Dr Tamsin Lewis MD
- BJSM Podcast – Major Debate about energy deficiency among sportspeople: New RED-S by Dr Margo Mountjoy
- BJSM Podcast – Clinical tips from Dr Kathryn Ackerman on how to manage athletes with low energy availability
- BBC Don’t Tell Me The Score – Eating Disorders with Renee McGregor
- Trent Stellingwerff on nutrition and leadership
- We Need To Talk about REDS! – Renee McGregor & Heather Fell from the Global Triathlon Network
BLOGS & ARTICLES
- My eating disorder nearly ended my marathon dreams – but now I’m back up and running – Tom Fairbrother
- #TRAINBRAVE – Time to talk about eating disorders in sport
- From bulimia to Berlin – Tom Fairbrother
- Living, not merely existing – Tom Fairbrother
- The break in breakthrough – Anna Boniface
- Eating disorders are a ‘real issue’ among males – Rowan Preece
- Depression, anxiety, OCD – running helped us beat them – Coralie Frost
- From anorexia to Ironman – Coralie Frost
- My biggest battle has been with my eating disorders – Chrissie Wellington
- My osteoporosis nightmare – Bobby Clay
- 9 Miles With: Eating Disorder Advocate – Rachael Steil
- An Obsession With “Clean Eating” Led to Battle With Orthorexia – Eloise Du Luart
- 10 Years Ago Today – Eloise Du Luart
- The Jock, the Nerd & Lady Luck (Part I) – Cody Beals
- The Perfectionist & the Elephant in the Room (Part II) – Cody Beals
- How I Trashed My Testosterone: Part I – Cody Beals
- How I Triumphed Over Low Testosterone: Part II – Cody Beals
- A Letter To Other Runners Who’ve Lost Their Periods – Tina Muir
- Eating disorders in sport: the last taboo in applied sport psychology? – BASES
- My story – Amira Kelly
- The struggle with my body – Pamela Dutkiewicz
- The athletes starving themselves for success – BBC News
- Olympic medallist on body image confidence issues as a young athlete – Anyika Onuora
- My story for Eating Disorders Awareness Week – Holly Rush
- Lack of a proactive approach to athletes with RED-S in the medical profession – Gina Paletta
- Why I’ve had a stomach full of people telling me how much running I need to do to burn off a mince pie – Russ Jefferys
- Solidarity with #TRAINBRAVE – Ellie Evans
- Why fitness app Fitbit has sparked weight loss fears among those with eating disorders – ITV News
- Learning to live – running and ED recovery – Lucy Jeczalik
- “Taking the stress out of stress fractures” – Tom Goom
- “Periods, the barometer to hormone health” – Dr Nicky Keay
- My #NORUNSTREAK – Tess Webb (Teen Runner Blog)
- RED-S, osteopenia and me
- Back on track – Rebecca Quinlan
- Why I’m Training Brave – Hannah Irwin
- What’s so good about menstrual cycles? – Dr Nicky Keay
- Don’t Worry About What the Scale Says – David Roche
- Seeking help after ignoring the signs – Katherine Wood
- What all people who work out need to know about RED-S – Metro UK
- Overcoming RED-S – Lauren Charlton
- Athletes! Is food and training the answer? (Part 1) – Renee McGregor (BJSM)
- I was told I looked like a pig – BBC Sport
- Cardiff cyclist’s eating disorder warning – BBC Sport
- You Don’t Look Like a Marathoner – Why 2 British Runners Are Speaking Out About Body Image in Sports
BOOK LIST
- Life without limits – Chrissie Wellington
- Running in Silence – Rachael Rose Steil
- Orthorexia – Renee McGregor
- A to Z of Anorexia – Emma Woolf
- Lighter than my shadow – Katie Green
- To The Finish Line – Chrissie Wellington
- PR: A Personal Record of Running from Anorexia – Amber Sayer
- Running on Empty – Lize Brittin