The Eating Disorders Health Integration Team
The Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (HIT) is a team of people with lived experience of eating disorders or problems, their family, friends and partners, clinicians, academics, students, voluntary sector workers and others. We are working together to improve the lives of people affected by or at risk of developing eating disorders in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
The team is focused on enhancing prevention and early identification of eating disorders and improving care and quality of life for people living with an eating disorder. The team has produced an Eating Disorder Support & Resources Guide (PDF).
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If you would like to get involved with the HIT or find out more about our other projects and events, please contact us on helloedhit@gmail.com. This is not a clinical service - please do not send clinical information.
Latest news and events
1 April 2022
It has been an exciting year for the Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED HIT) with the launch of the Eating Disorder Support app. We developed the app with Expert Self Care, and co-produced content with topic experts and other partners including...
28 February 2022
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses and can affect anyone, no matter their age, gender or background. It can take a long time for someone with an eating disorder to be ready to access help and treatment. However, the sooner they do, the more lik...
11 February 2022
Our Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED HIT) is setting up a Special Interest Research Group of young people who have experience of an eating disorder and who are interested in talking about what future research on eating disorders should look li...
28 January 2022
Our team welcomed two new members at the end of 2021 and start of 2022 as Connie Shiridzinomwa and Heidi Andrews joined as Senior Project Managers. Heidi is with us two days per week, working with the Sexual Health Improvement Programme and Kidney Dise...
21 January 2022
Bristol Health Partners’ Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED HIT) has produced a free winter wellbeing art activity pack for people affected by eating disorders and eating problems. The pack includes the HIT’s Eating Disorder Support and R...
4 January 2022
An app that enables people with disordered eating and eating disorders, and people close to them, to find useful information, self-care tips and links to support has been launched by Bristol Health Partners’ Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED...
14 October 2021
Bristol Health Partners held its annual Conference on Tuesday 12 October 2021. Like last year, the event was held online due to the ongoing pandemic, with more than 110 academics, clinicians, commissioners and others from organisations across Bristol, Sou...
14 September 2021
Researchers from Loughborough University, UWE Bristol and Bristol Health Partners' Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (HIT) have teamed up with UK charity Beat to create an animated video that explores how social media affects people with an eating...
20 July 2021
Directors Dr Helen Malson and Dr Sanni Norweg reflect on the work achieved by Eating Disorders HIT over the past year.This year has been a challenging time due to Covid-19, but we have adapted to new ways of working together and engaging with our collabor...
6 July 2021
Bristol Health Partners' Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (EDHIT) is inviting people to take part in an online survey about their experiences of living with an existing or emerging eating disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research study...
6 July 2021
The Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (EDHIT) would like to say a very fond farewell to Professor Peter Rogers who will be retiring from the University of Bristol this July. Peter has led the Research workstream of EDHIT since the HIT began 2016.
18 March 2021
Challenging Weight Stigma - Eating Disorders (ED) Health Integration Team Online International ConferenceOn Tuesday, 16 March 2021 the Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (EDHIT) hosted a half-day virtual research conference with presentations from P...
