A growing number of women over 30, 40 and beyond are quietly giving themselves eating disorders and psychologists are worried. In 18 years specialising in “body dissatisfaction” psychology, clinical psychologist Louise Adams has never seen as many women of all ages with food issues; food anxiety is at epidemic proportions, thanks to the ubiquitous influence of Big Diet.

Sadly, healthy women’s dissatisfaction with their bodies is “rampant” and more women are getting later-onset eating disorders after cycling in and out of diets that have destroyed their natural eating. read more