Counselling Service
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University of Bradford >> Counselling >> Leaflets >> Problems with food
Try answering these questions – if you answer yes you may have an eating problem
Your body needs energy all the time and gets this from the food you eat. When you start to diet and loose weight, your body takes energy from the fat stored in your body. When this runs out the body has to find energy from other parts of your body. Therefore, when you loose too much weight, you may experience weakness in muscles, loss of head hair, increase in body hair, dry skin, chilblains and constipation. You may sleep badly, feel irritable and find it difficult to make decisions or concentrate.
These are all the results of starvation and will disappear when you eat more.
There are also long term physical effects of Starving, Bingeing and Vomiting.
Counselling can help and details of how to make an appointment are given overleaf. Within the team there are counsellors who are experienced at working with this difficulty; please indicate when making an appointment if you wish to work with this particular issue.
An appointment can be made to see a Counsellor by contacting the Counselling Service in Student Central.
Drop-In Services are available Mon – Fri term time. This provides an opportunity to see a Counsellor for a brief session without the need to make an appointment.
