Professionals

We are delighted that so many healthcare professionals engage with us, running courses as leaders and helping us as trustees and advisors to develop and grow

We offer information days and seminars and below you will find diagnostic criteria plus some ideas for further reading

How does recovery happen?

Eating disorders rarely get better without help. The targeted approach of the tastelife Recovery Course is suitable for all eating disorders. In the most severe cases of anorexia, hospitalisation is necessary as a first stage. However, simple refeeding is seldom effective in the long term. Typical responses otherwise include therapy such as anti-depressants, CBT, CAT etc.

Internationally agreed diagnostic criteria:

Anorexia Nervosa

  • Refusal to maintain body weight normal for age or height

  • Intense fear of gaining weight

  • Body dysmorphia (an inability to see the body as it really is)

  • medically dangerous

Bulimia Nervosa

  • as anorexia but

  • weight not necessarily a problem

  • bingeing on large amounts of food and the use of purging behaviours such as vomiting or taking laxatives at least once a week to help them not to gain weight

  • medically dangerous

Binge Eating Disorder

  • Binges as for Bulimia Nervosa but without compensatory behaviour

OSFED (other specified feeding and eating disorders)

  • includes atypical anorexia

  • subthreshold binge eating disorder

  • purging disorder (PD)

  • night eating syndrome

  • unspecified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED) representing cases where behaviours cause clinically significant distress/impairment of functioning, but fail to meet full criteria for a feeding or eating disorder

Signposting for patients and carers

Our ever-popular booklets are packed with practical tips, written by those who have experienced eating disorders for themself or as a carer.

Resources for patients

Our popular booklet ‘Top Tips for Recovery’ is full of practical ideas to help someone out of their eating disorder and into full recovery.

Resources for carers

Our ‘Dos and Don’ts for Carers’ is written by people who have been through the experience of caring for a loved one with an eating disorder, this easy-to-read booklet is full of practical ideas to help your loved one through the recovery journey.

Resources for all

Our Community Recovery Course is designed for all who are affected by an eating disorder. Suitable for ages 14+ (14-17 attend with a carer) our course is suitable for the individual struggling and also for their carers.