The menopause is a time of huge hormonal transition and with so many changes happening both physically and emotionally, it’s perhaps unsurprising that eating disorders or disordered eating are known to either develop, re-emerge or become exacerbated.

In this blog, I want to shed light on why this happens, what’s going on beneath the surface that makes midlife such a vulnerable time for food struggles and most importantly, what you can start to do about it.

We all know the benefits of exercise, studies show it improves heart health, boosts mood, helps with stress and supports overall wellbeing. Movement is often promoted as a universal “good thing.” But what happens when the very thing meant to help us mentally and physically, starts to harm us?

For some, exercise can shift from being joyful and life-enhancing into something compulsive, perfectionistic which can become entrenched with a disordered eating.