Civil Service Award winners: Breaking new ground with support networks
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Gillian Whitworth won the 2020 Health & Wellbeing Award in recognition of her extraordinary commitment, courage and compassion in raising greater awareness of eating disorders. She tells CSW about the background to her nomination
Gillian Whitworth
07 May 2021
The past year has been a challenging time for most, but for those battling eating disorders it has been particularly tough. Gillian Whitworth has been a driving force in the launch of the Civil Service Eating Disorders Network and in February won a Civil Service Award for her work to raise awareness on an issue that is still a source of stigma.
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The social and economic cost of eating disorders in the United States 3-Mar-2021 12:40 PM EST, by Wiley
Economic costs (2019 US dollars) of eating disorders by age group and gender.
Newswise The impact of eating disorders in the United States was nearly $400 billion in 2018-19 when considering both economic costs and reduced wellbeing, according to a study published in the
Investigators estimated that the total economic cost associated with eating disorders in 2018-19 was $64.7billion, equivalent to $11,808 per affected person, and the substantial reduction in wellbeing associated with eating disorders was valued at $326.5 billion. Our study lays bare the devastating economic impact that eating disorders have in the United States, a country where the majority of people affected suffer alone and never receive appropriate treatment because of barriers to healthcare and lack of training for healthcare providers, said co-author S.