Does anorexia stay with you for life?
The death of Big Brother s Nikki Grahame showed that eating disorders can continue past childhood… so why are midlife sufferers denied help?
24 April 2021 • 5:00pm
Former Big Brother star Nikki Grahame died aged 38 after battling anorexia since she was a child
Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Think of anorexia and the image of an emaciated teenage girl may come to mind. But the true picture is far more complicated according to Hope Virgo, 31, an author and mental health campaigner from Bristol.
Adult men and women also struggle with eating disorders, says Virgo, but because they are able to function more easily, or don’t fit the stereotype, can find it even harder to access effective support.
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People experiencing the longer-term effects of long COVID will benefit from £18.5 million to fund research projects to help better understand the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition.
The funding will be given to 4 studies to identify the causes of long COVID and effective therapies to treat people who experience chronic symptoms of the disease.
The projects were chosen following a UK-wide call to find ambitious and comprehensive research programmes to help address the physical and mental health effects of COVID-19 in those experiencing longer-term symptoms but who do not require admittance into hospital.
Long COVID can present with clusters of symptoms that are often overlapping and/or fluctuating. A systematic review has highlighted 55 different long-term effects but common symptoms of long COVID include breathlessness, headaches, cough, fatigue and cognitive impairment or ‘brain fog’. There is also emerging evidence that some people experience organ damag
18 February 2021
4 research studies funded to better understand and address the longer-term effects of COVID on physical and mental health
Approximately 1 in 10 people with COVID-19 continue to experience symptoms beyond 12 weeks
Government funding for the projects approved in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research (
NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (
UKRI)
People experiencing the longer-term effects of long COVID will benefit from £18.5 million to fund research projects to help better understand the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition.
The funding will be given to 4 studies to identify the causes of long COVID and effective therapies to treat people who experience chronic symptoms of the disease.