Eating Disorders, Ethnicity and Culture
Eating disorders can affect anybody, from any age, sex, gender, and background. Yet limiting stereotypes still exist about who can be affected by eating disorders. This film made in collaboration with the EDIFY research team highlights the experiences of young people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, who share their perspectives on how their ethnicity and culture impacted their experience of developing, living with and seeking help for an eating disorder. Their words remind us that we need different perspectives and new voices to broaden our understanding of eating disorders.
ANIMATION CREDITS
Directors Isolde Godfrey & Jess Harvey
Lead Artist and Animator Isolde Godfrey
Character Designer and Concept Assistant Ada Jusic
Voiceover Artists Lale Inceogu, Monica Wong, Malchi Latchman & Sonali Gupta
This work was supported by UK Research and Innovation as part of the EDIFY programme (grant number: MR/W002418/1)
Contributors: Heike Bartel, Tara French, Tamsin Parnell, Sneha Raman, Fiona Stephens and Jessica Wilkins
More about EDIFY
Eating Disorders: Delineating illness and recovery trajectories to inform personalised prevention and early intervention in young people (EDIFY).
EDIFY is led by Professor Ulrike Schmidt, King’s College London and Dr Helen Sharpe, University of Edinburgh, alongside other academic and third sector partners across the UK. The project has young people’s voices at its heart, with an advisory board of young people affected by eating disorders helping to steer and shape the whole research process. It is one of 7 projects funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of their 'Adolescent Mental Health and the Developing Mind' scheme.
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