This page contains a selection of research projects from members of the Disorders of Eating and Body Image (DEBI) Research Group.
- Digital micro-interventions for reducing ED risk among adolescents in secondary schools
- Understanding how health education and digital technologies shape body image and identities
- Understanding helpful and unhelpful therapist behaviours in psychological therapies for eating disorders, to develop guidance for therapist training and practice
- Mealtime Chatter Matters UK: Developing and evaluating a brief intervention for parents and carers of babies/ young children to support positive mealtime communication
- Longitudinal follow-up of patients in recovery from Anorexia Nervosa, to understand more about factors influencing relapse risk and support relapse prevention strategies
- Understanding parent experiences of supporting young people going through an eating disorder, and developing and evaluating support interventions for parents
- Optimising Digital Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Reduce Risk Factors for Disordered Eating
- Exploring the impact of obesity prevention policies (calories on menus; healthy eating education in schools)
- Investigating the prevalence and experience of eating disorders and disordered eating in elite male athletes
- Using ecological momentary assessment to understand real-time influences on eating disorder risk