Dump The Scales
@dumpthescales.bsky.social
We are a group of people with lived experience, carers, clinicians and academics who are passionate about ending the injustices of those affected by Eating Disorders.
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💉Eating Disorders + Weight Loss Jabs:
Harm waiting to happen💉
We're concerned about the comments made by the Health Secretary around weight loss jabs, and the plans to widen access to them will harm people with eating disorders
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting today
shorturl.at/8XKGl
Harm waiting to happen💉
We're concerned about the comments made by the Health Secretary around weight loss jabs, and the plans to widen access to them will harm people with eating disorders
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting today
shorturl.at/8XKGl
"When I look back at my eating disorder journey, I can see so many moments where things could have gone differently, if only the right support, understanding, or words had been there."
Alix Walker shares her story www.dumpthescales.org/post/five-th...
Alix Walker shares her story www.dumpthescales.org/post/five-th...
Five things I wish happened before I reached rock bottom with my Eating Disorder.
Reflecting on her recovery, Alix Walker, an Eating Disorder and Body Dysmorphia Specialist shares the five things she wishes had happened earlier in her eating disorder journey - lessons she hopes wil...
www.dumpthescales.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"When I look back at my eating disorder journey, I can see so many moments where things could have gone differently, if only the right support, understanding, or words had been there."
Alix Walker shares her story www.dumpthescales.org/post/five-th...
Alix Walker shares her story www.dumpthescales.org/post/five-th...
Did you know that only 1% of the UK’s mental health research budget is spent on eating disorders? 😲
That's only £1.13 per sufferer, per year.
@edcrn.bsky.social want to hear from you about what needs to change + why ED research is so important in this survey
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
That's only £1.13 per sufferer, per year.
@edcrn.bsky.social want to hear from you about what needs to change + why ED research is so important in this survey
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Did you know that only 1% of the UK’s mental health research budget is spent on eating disorders? 😲
That's only £1.13 per sufferer, per year.
@edcrn.bsky.social want to hear from you about what needs to change + why ED research is so important in this survey
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
That's only £1.13 per sufferer, per year.
@edcrn.bsky.social want to hear from you about what needs to change + why ED research is so important in this survey
qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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We are delighted to be part of the National Eating Disorder Taskforce, which aims to implement a comprehensive strategy to prevent people dying from eating disorders, because each life lost to an eating disorder is one too many.
www.dumpthescales.org/national-tas...
#MentalHealth #DumpTheScales
www.dumpthescales.org/national-tas...
#MentalHealth #DumpTheScales
National Eating Disorder Taskforce | Dump the Scales
A new National Taskforce has been launched to tackle eating disorder deaths across the United Kingdom.
The Taskforce is comprised of leading specialists from eating disorder sectors, including resear...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We are delighted to be part of the National Eating Disorder Taskforce, which aims to implement a comprehensive strategy to prevent people dying from eating disorders, because each life lost to an eating disorder is one too many.
www.dumpthescales.org/national-tas...
#MentalHealth #DumpTheScales
www.dumpthescales.org/national-tas...
#MentalHealth #DumpTheScales
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Eating disorders are treatable #MentalHealth conditions yet the system is failing to prevent avoidable deaths. This #DumpTheScales inquiry rightly calls for eating disorders to be recognised as a national patient-safety priority and for cross-government action.
www.dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
www.dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
Outside 10 Downing Street demanding urgent action to help prevent deaths in eating disorders.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Eating disorders are treatable #MentalHealth conditions yet the system is failing to prevent avoidable deaths. This #DumpTheScales inquiry rightly calls for eating disorders to be recognised as a national patient-safety priority and for cross-government action.
www.dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
www.dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
Outside 10 Downing Street demanding urgent action to help prevent deaths in eating disorders.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Outside 10 Downing Street demanding urgent action to help prevent deaths in eating disorders.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
Because nobody should be dying of a treatable illness in 2025.
🥳Dump the Scales is now a CIC🥳
This means that:
🔵Our mission + values are legally protected
🔵Greater growth in awareness and impact
🔵More chances for funding to increase the voices of lived experience.
Be part of change>https://www.dumpthescales.org/support-the-movement
This means that:
🔵Our mission + values are legally protected
🔵Greater growth in awareness and impact
🔵More chances for funding to increase the voices of lived experience.
Be part of change>https://www.dumpthescales.org/support-the-movement
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🥳Dump the Scales is now a CIC🥳
This means that:
🔵Our mission + values are legally protected
🔵Greater growth in awareness and impact
🔵More chances for funding to increase the voices of lived experience.
Be part of change>https://www.dumpthescales.org/support-the-movement
This means that:
🔵Our mission + values are legally protected
🔵Greater growth in awareness and impact
🔵More chances for funding to increase the voices of lived experience.
Be part of change>https://www.dumpthescales.org/support-the-movement
📢New blog alert📢
@annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social talks about the importance of trust in treatment, and how being treated as a unique individual with different interests and hopes for the future helped her recover from anorexia.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/seven-p...
@annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social talks about the importance of trust in treatment, and how being treated as a unique individual with different interests and hopes for the future helped her recover from anorexia.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/seven-p...
Seven positives I took away from eating disorder treatment
Anna Carnegie, researcher and person with lived experience of eating disorders and OCD writes about the positives she took away from Eating Disorder Treatment
www.dumpthescales.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢New blog alert📢
@annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social talks about the importance of trust in treatment, and how being treated as a unique individual with different interests and hopes for the future helped her recover from anorexia.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/seven-p...
@annacarnegie.bsky.social from @edcrn.bsky.social talks about the importance of trust in treatment, and how being treated as a unique individual with different interests and hopes for the future helped her recover from anorexia.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/seven-p...
📣Following the success of our work with the APPG on Eating Disorders, we have secured an Early Day Motion on Eating Disorders and Online Harms, tabled by the wonderful @werahobhouse.bsky.social 📣
Read it here> edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Tag your MP below to ask them to sign the EDM 👇
Read it here> edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Tag your MP below to ask them to sign the EDM 👇
September 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣Following the success of our work with the APPG on Eating Disorders, we have secured an Early Day Motion on Eating Disorders and Online Harms, tabled by the wonderful @werahobhouse.bsky.social 📣
Read it here> edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Tag your MP below to ask them to sign the EDM 👇
Read it here> edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Tag your MP below to ask them to sign the EDM 👇
Yesterday @richardquigley.bsky.social, member of the APPG on Eating Disorders hosted a debate on ‘Preventing Eating Disorder Deaths’ in Westminster Hall.
📺If you missed it you can catch up here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
🗒️Read/listen to the transcript here> shorturl.at/Op45R
📺If you missed it you can catch up here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
🗒️Read/listen to the transcript here> shorturl.at/Op45R
September 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday @richardquigley.bsky.social, member of the APPG on Eating Disorders hosted a debate on ‘Preventing Eating Disorder Deaths’ in Westminster Hall.
📺If you missed it you can catch up here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
🗒️Read/listen to the transcript here> shorturl.at/Op45R
📺If you missed it you can catch up here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
🗒️Read/listen to the transcript here> shorturl.at/Op45R
Today at 4:30pm, @richardquigley.bsky.social will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the prevention of deaths from eating disorders.
📺Watch it live here > parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
We work with Richard as part of the APPG on eating disorders and we are always grateful for his support.
📺Watch it live here > parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
We work with Richard as part of the APPG on eating disorders and we are always grateful for his support.
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today at 4:30pm, @richardquigley.bsky.social will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the prevention of deaths from eating disorders.
📺Watch it live here > parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
We work with Richard as part of the APPG on eating disorders and we are always grateful for his support.
📺Watch it live here > parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
We work with Richard as part of the APPG on eating disorders and we are always grateful for his support.
Tomorrow MP @richardquigley.bsky.social is hosting a essential debate in Parliament on the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths.
MPs and representatives from the Department of Health will be in attendance.
Here is how you can get involved and help⬇️
MPs and representatives from the Department of Health will be in attendance.
Here is how you can get involved and help⬇️
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Tomorrow MP @richardquigley.bsky.social is hosting a essential debate in Parliament on the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths.
MPs and representatives from the Department of Health will be in attendance.
Here is how you can get involved and help⬇️
MPs and representatives from the Department of Health will be in attendance.
Here is how you can get involved and help⬇️
There is no evidence that losing weight will suddenly make me ready for work, and fix the economy."
Zoe Hazel, one of our amazing campaigners has penned a blog on her experience of Binge Eating Disorder and the narrative around weight loss jabs.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/i-haven...
Zoe Hazel, one of our amazing campaigners has penned a blog on her experience of Binge Eating Disorder and the narrative around weight loss jabs.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/i-haven...
"I haven’t failed; I’ve been failed by a system that isn’t set up for people like me"
Zoe Hazel, a mental health campaigner who spoke at this years #DumpTheScales march shares her thoughts on weight-loss injections as someone with binge eating disorder.
www.dumpthescales.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
There is no evidence that losing weight will suddenly make me ready for work, and fix the economy."
Zoe Hazel, one of our amazing campaigners has penned a blog on her experience of Binge Eating Disorder and the narrative around weight loss jabs.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/i-haven...
Zoe Hazel, one of our amazing campaigners has penned a blog on her experience of Binge Eating Disorder and the narrative around weight loss jabs.
www.dumpthescales.org/post/i-haven...
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative @edgiuk.bsky.social needs you!
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative | EDGI UK
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative is a project set up by King's College London, in collaboration with Beat, to explore genetic and environmental risk factors for eating disorders.
edgiuk.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative @edgiuk.bsky.social needs you!
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
A landmark ruling to provide a woman severely ill with anorexia access to the life-saving treatment she needs following a 2023 decision to deny it.
Nobody with an eating disorder should end up in this position again. We have to fight for better.
www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/court-p...
Nobody with an eating disorder should end up in this position again. We have to fight for better.
www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/court-p...
Court of Protection removes barriers for anorexic woman to receive life-saving treatment
London, 31 July 2025.
www.doughtystreet.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A landmark ruling to provide a woman severely ill with anorexia access to the life-saving treatment she needs following a 2023 decision to deny it.
Nobody with an eating disorder should end up in this position again. We have to fight for better.
www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/court-p...
Nobody with an eating disorder should end up in this position again. We have to fight for better.
www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/court-p...
Sending love to everyone collecting their GSCE results today.
Whether you are celebrating or commiserating, remember that no grade on a piece or paper, or number on a scale will ever define you.
Reach out to YoungMinds UK if you need support today.
Whether you are celebrating or commiserating, remember that no grade on a piece or paper, or number on a scale will ever define you.
Reach out to YoungMinds UK if you need support today.
August 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sending love to everyone collecting their GSCE results today.
Whether you are celebrating or commiserating, remember that no grade on a piece or paper, or number on a scale will ever define you.
Reach out to YoungMinds UK if you need support today.
Whether you are celebrating or commiserating, remember that no grade on a piece or paper, or number on a scale will ever define you.
Reach out to YoungMinds UK if you need support today.
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🚀 We’ve just launched our biggest Impact Report yet 🚀
From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives.
£23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards.
Read the full report on our website 💚
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...
From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives.
£23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards.
Read the full report on our website 💚
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...
August 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚀 We’ve just launched our biggest Impact Report yet 🚀
From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives.
£23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards.
Read the full report on our website 💚
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...
From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives.
£23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards.
Read the full report on our website 💚
www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...
Just popping in to remind you that it is normal to have ups and downs in your ED recovery journey and it doesn't mean that you will never fully recover. 🫶
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/well...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/well...
Navigating Slips in Recovering From an Eating Disorder
Relapse in the process of eating disorder recovery is common but often overlooked. Journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley illuminates this "middle place" in her book, "SLIP."
www.psychologytoday.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just popping in to remind you that it is normal to have ups and downs in your ED recovery journey and it doesn't mean that you will never fully recover. 🫶
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/well...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/well...
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Interested in taking part in #eatingdisorders research? Browse the @maudsleynhs.bsky.social website for studies like @edgiuk.bsky.social which are currently recruiting, and search by condition.
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Interested in taking part in #eatingdisorders research? Browse the @maudsleynhs.bsky.social website for studies like @edgiuk.bsky.social which are currently recruiting, and search by condition.
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
The first ever Dump the Scales newsletter will be dropping into inboxes tomorrow.
Make sure you are signed up here to be the first to be in the know> www.endeatingdisorders.org/join-our-mai...
Make sure you are signed up here to be the first to be in the know> www.endeatingdisorders.org/join-our-mai...
Join our mailing list | Dump the Scales
Be the first to be in the know about all of our campaigning work in Parliament, our new reports and how you can get involved by signing up to the Dump the Scales mailing list!
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July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The first ever Dump the Scales newsletter will be dropping into inboxes tomorrow.
Make sure you are signed up here to be the first to be in the know> www.endeatingdisorders.org/join-our-mai...
Make sure you are signed up here to be the first to be in the know> www.endeatingdisorders.org/join-our-mai...
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🚨Researchers - last chance to have your say!🚨
The SUNRISE survey is closing end of the day tomorrow - don't miss out on sharing your thoughts: buff.ly/IGqt0b4
More info below 👇
The SUNRISE survey is closing end of the day tomorrow - don't miss out on sharing your thoughts: buff.ly/IGqt0b4
More info below 👇
How do we value subjective experiences in mental health research?
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
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🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
buff.ly/t5EyJzN
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨Researchers - last chance to have your say!🚨
The SUNRISE survey is closing end of the day tomorrow - don't miss out on sharing your thoughts: buff.ly/IGqt0b4
More info below 👇
The SUNRISE survey is closing end of the day tomorrow - don't miss out on sharing your thoughts: buff.ly/IGqt0b4
More info below 👇
Thank you @werahobhouse.bsky.social for speaking up about the dangers the rapid roll-out of weight loss jabs poses to individuals with eating disorders.
We want to see public health policies which don't demonise larger bodies or harm people with eating disorders.
We want to see public health policies which don't demonise larger bodies or harm people with eating disorders.
July 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Thank you @werahobhouse.bsky.social for speaking up about the dangers the rapid roll-out of weight loss jabs poses to individuals with eating disorders.
We want to see public health policies which don't demonise larger bodies or harm people with eating disorders.
We want to see public health policies which don't demonise larger bodies or harm people with eating disorders.
We are seriously concerned about the impact of weight loss jabs and how it will increase the risk of eating disorders in vulnerable individuals.
These stories are become too commonplace.
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting below
✍️
the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
These stories are become too commonplace.
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting below
✍️
the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
July 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are seriously concerned about the impact of weight loss jabs and how it will increase the risk of eating disorders in vulnerable individuals.
These stories are become too commonplace.
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting below
✍️
the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
These stories are become too commonplace.
Please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting below
✍️
the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
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; weight loss jabs are "functioning as medically-prescribed eating disorders." 👏🏻👏🏻
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
Weight loss are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder.
From what I can see, these jabs are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder.
I am watching friends and loved ones engage in the behaviours I worked so hard to address. I am watching the...
www.endeatingdisorders.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
; weight loss jabs are "functioning as medically-prescribed eating disorders." 👏🏻👏🏻
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
"I am watching this [expansion of weight loss jabs] as someone in recovery from both anorexia and bulimia, as well as an advocate for evidence-based research and an ally to those living in larger bodies.
It terrifies and saddens me."
New blog: ▶️ www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
It terrifies and saddens me."
New blog: ▶️ www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
July 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"I am watching this [expansion of weight loss jabs] as someone in recovery from both anorexia and bulimia, as well as an advocate for evidence-based research and an ally to those living in larger bodies.
It terrifies and saddens me."
New blog: ▶️ www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
It terrifies and saddens me."
New blog: ▶️ www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
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