Emotional and Disordered Eating

The Standard Labour’s plans to give weight loss drugs such as Ozempic to the unemployed may not just fail: it could backfire, award winning therapist Sally Baker explains.
November 2024
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/weight-loss-drugs-may-cause-addiction-switching-b1190511.html

patient.info Written by Gillian Harvey and reviewed by Dr Sarah Jarvis MBE I answer questions on what drives emotional eating with reference to mine and Liz Hogon’s book ‘7 Simple Steps to Stop Emotional Eating’ published by Hammersmith Books. 
https://patient.info/news-and-features/ways-to-improve-your-relationship-with-food

NewsChain Lifestyle New year it can feel as if everyone is on a diet & talking weight loss but these conversations can be triggering for those with Eating Disorders or body issues. Happy my comments on how to protect your mental health are featured here.
January 2022

‘7 ways to beat emotional eating this winter’
Journalist Cathy Struthers referred to mine and Liz Hogon’s self-help book ‘How to Feel Differently About Food’ as well as including expert comments on how to support changes in behaviour to create new, healthier habits.
November 2018
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/a23934574/emotional-eating-advice/

“The do’s and don’ts of mindful eating” featured on the Weight Watchers official website with quote from the book I co-wrote with @LizHogon ‘7 Simple Steps to Stop Emotional Eating.
https://www.weightwatchers.com/uk/article/dos-and-donts-mindful-eating

Grazia
'My Teatox Habit Turned into a Laxative Abuse Problem' 
Quoted by name and profession by India Benjamin as an expert in disordered eating.
30 March 2018.
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/teatox-detox-teas-dangers/ 

Closer Magazine
Summer Diet Special Beach Body
Mindset tips commissioned by Maddy Biddulph.  
Print edition May 2018

Understanding Obesity - The Sally Baker Interview
Interviewed by bariatric surgery advocate and influencer Danielle Hallette on her YouTube channel.

Wales Online Journalists Abi Jackson & Victoria Jones ask me for strategies to avoid those New Year triggering weight loss conversations.
January 2022 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-handle-weight-loss-conversations-22675877

BBC Radio Wales I was the invited as the expert guest on Jason Mohammed’s morning programme to give my comments on including minutes of exercise required to walk off the calories in pre-packaged food. I thought it was an extremely unhelpful suggestion that would trigger those with an eating disorder or in recovery.
11 December 2019

BBC Radio Wales
Crash Dieting 
Invited and paid expert guest to discuss the pressure on young women, in particular, to attempt crash diets, obtain potentially dangerous diet pills or have plastic surgery to fit a very narrow ideal of body-shape and size.
August 2018

Invited to be a guest blog post contributor for Healthista discussing the role of your emotions in weightloss and weight gain.
“13 tips for weight loss without dieting - clue it’s all in your head”.
https://www.healthista.com/13-tips-for-weight-loss-without-dieting-clue-head/

I was interviewed by Anita Bhagwandas for her feature, “Are you guilty of emotional eating? Here’s how to break the habit – fast” in Marie Claire print and online editions to mark the publication of the second book I co-wrote with Liz Hogon’s ‘How to Feel Differently About Food.’  
January 2017
https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/food-drink/emotional-eater-how-to-break-habit-463690

BBC Scotland
Personal Best weekly lunch time programme
“How To Feel Differently About Food: author and therapist Sally Baker explains why we need to eat for nourishment and health instead of out of habit or for emotional reasons ... and suggests simple ways we can kick-start some positive new habits.”

The Femedic
'We Need to Talk About Intuitive Eating'
My therapeutic experience of what intuitive eating means, especially in the face of an eating disorder, is quoted here by journalist and founder of The Femedic platform, Monica Karpinski.
January 2019
https://thefemedic.com/news/we-need-to-talk-about-intuitive-eating/