Podcast: Hope Virgo
Author and campaigner Hope Virgo joins Thea Joshi to discuss her experience of anorexia, her campaigning around BMI and menu calorie labelling, and how she is navigating pregnancy while in recovery from an eating disorder
Type: Blog
Open letter: Concerns over calorie labelling on restaurant menus
Hope Virgo writes an open letter to Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid highlighting concerns over the impact calorie labelling could have on people with eating disorders, as well as the wider population
Type: News
Managing your eating through a time of turmoil
Hope shares some practical tips on what can be helpful with managing an eating disorder while isolating at home
Type: Blog
Is ‘exercise labelling’ on food the answer to healthier eating?
Hope Virgo argues that proposals to add exercise labels to food disregard the complexities of obesity and could reinforce unhealthy relationships with eating
Type: Blog
What a mental health nurse did for me
Hope looks back at her time battling anorexia and the vital role of the NHS in her recovery
Type: Blog
Do I have to be stick thin to have anorexia?
Hope shares her concerns about the myths around eating disorders
Type: Blog
Battling eating disorders and depression at university: Jenny’s story
Jenny found herself isolated by mental ill-health. Here, she explains the things that helped her recovery.
Type: Blog