Nick Watts
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An eating disorder and body image campaigner, Nick currently works with the UK charity Men Get Eating Disorders Too, a charity dedicated to raising awareness and providing peer support to men suffering from eating disorders. Nick also writes for several outlets on eating disorders and body image, men's health and the mental health of young people. He is also a youth counsellor, working with young people in his local area and sits on several advisory boards which have included Oxford University, The Men's Health Forum and other mental health charities.

Blog Entries by Nick Watts

The Tale of the 'Manorexic' and the Celebrity

(4) Comments | Posted 2 May 2012 | 00:00

In the last few months especially, eating disorders have been big news in the press. From reports of the rise in male eating disorders, bans of pro-anorexia material on social networks and the crusade to ban airbrushing, which must be great for the campaigns behind it, right?

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Tumblr, Thinspo and Self Harm, is Banning the Answer?

(5) Comments | Posted 27 March 2012 | 15:27

As a society we are more online than ever before, with pretty much everyone on some form of social networking site. The time spent on these websites is enormous, with a lot of young people logging hours of time on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and blogging platforms each day....

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The Perception of Self Harm in Schools

(1) Comments | Posted 1 March 2012 | 11:47

Yesterday I was in a school talking about self esteem and the issues surrounding it, from everything as simple as social withdrawal all the way to issues like self harm, suicide and eating disorders. I have talked at many places including schools, colleges, universities, public events and every other place...

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Stop, Go, Relapse - Welcome to Mental Health in 2012

(2) Comments | Posted 3 February 2012 | 23:00

In just one of many controversies around NHS reform so called 'mental health clustering' is being rolled out across the NHS in what appears to be a bid to save money on mental health care.

The new system will see people being graded according to need, which in itself is...

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Men and Eating Disorders, a Hidden Evil

(4) Comments | Posted 15 January 2012 | 23:00

Eating disorders, a topic which is often solely centred around teenage girls, anorexia and wanting to look like that model from that TV show.

When you see the topic covered on TV, in the newspaper and on the radio it is often the same old tired story, a story...

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