Overview
An eye-opening panel session with a combination of experts, advocates, and individuals with lived experiences to address the unique challenges and perspectives on the often under reported and stigmatised issues of food, body image and eating disorders within the communities of black or minoritised ethnic groups.
This session will address cultural influences on body image, barriers to diagnosis and treatment, the intersection of race and eating disorders, and strategies for culturally sensitive support and prevention. The panellists will foster understanding, awareness, and actionable insights to better address this important issue. This panel will be chaired by Dr Chukwuemeka Nwuba, editor of Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate.
Objectives:
Understand:
- the intersection of race and eating disorders
- the cultural influences on body image as it relates to black or minoritised ethnic groups
- barriers to diagnosis and treatment for black or minoritised ethnic groups
- strategies for culturally sensitive support and prevention of food and body image issues in black or minoritised ethnic groups.
Speakers
Chair: Dr Chukwuemeka Nwuba, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London
Dr Nadia Craddock, University of the West of England, Bristol
Dr Lee Chambers, Essentialise Workplace, Preston
Ms Kaysha Thomas, Nutritional Therapist, London
