Lockdown eating disorders: has the pandemic changed how you eat?
Trigger warning: This article features discussion around eating disorders Having moved out of a flat in an area that she loved in March last year, Jiana Smith, 20, found herself living alone and locked down. As chaos swirled, she began to exert control the over the only thing she felt she could - her calories. “The lockdown - and the pandemic overall - made me feel like I was losing my grip on my life, so I challenged myself to see how little I could eat,” she explains. “I tracked my calorie intake a notebook. Sometimes I was euphoric about losing weight, but more often than not I found...