A Hunger Artist

Learning to let go of disordered eating

Memes
The Cultural Evolution of Calorie Recommendations

Emily T. Troscianko on July 9, 2026

Using the theory of memes to explore the success of calorie recommendations and the features of culture, cognition, behaviour, and identity that help them spread.

Using the theory of memes to explore the success of calorie recommendations and the features of culture, cognition, behaviour, and identity that help them spread.

Diet
The Numbers That Try to Tell Us How to Eat and Move

Emily T. Troscianko on June 9, 2026

An overview of how numbers crept into every aspect of our relation to embodied actions and our own health, and the backstory of a few of the big players.

An overview of how numbers crept into every aspect of our relation to embodied actions and our own health, and the backstory of a few of the big players.

Eating Disorders
Behaviour and Agency in Eating Disorders: New Research

Emily T. Troscianko on April 1, 2026

A new journal paper suggests that the eating disorder field may have lost its way by letting over-complexity cloud the clinical importance of eating behaviour and personal agency.

A new journal paper suggests that the eating disorder field may have lost its way by letting over-complexity cloud the clinical importance of eating behaviour and personal agency.

Anorexia Nervosa
Recovered Attitudes to Food: The Simplicity of Appreciation

Emily T. Troscianko on December 30, 2025

Personal Perspective: I counter the rarity of testimony about life long after recovery from anorexia by outlining how my attitudes to food contrast with both anorexic and socially prevalent patterns.

Personal Perspective: I counter the rarity of testimony about life long after recovery from anorexia by outlining how my attitudes to food contrast with both anorexic and socially prevalent patterns.

Eating Disorders
Why Target Weights Usually Hinder Anorexia Recovery

Emily T. Troscianko on September 18, 2025

Bodyweight targets have been part of mainstream treatment for anorexia for decades. Norms are slowly changing, but this practice is still widespread. I explore why it is misguided.

Bodyweight targets have been part of mainstream treatment for anorexia for decades. Norms are slowly changing, but this practice is still widespread. I explore why it is misguided.

Career
Nonconformist Coping Strategies in Treatment and Prevention

Emily T. Troscianko on April 8, 2025

We round off this series on taking the drabness out of mental healthcare with reflections on experiential experimenting and a new take on “first do no harm”.

We round off this series on taking the drabness out of mental healthcare with reflections on experiential experimenting and a new take on “first do no harm”.

Sleep
Eating Disorders and Sleep: What Changes in Recovery

Emily T. Troscianko on December 31, 2024

Recovery from an eating disorder brings both expected unease and unexpected ease, including in the domain of sleep. Surfing both is crucial to recovering successfully.

Recovery from an eating disorder brings both expected unease and unexpected ease, including in the domain of sleep. Surfing both is crucial to recovering successfully.

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The Power of Enough

We’re all holding onto something we’re sure we can’t give up on, but research shows that letting go can boost our happiness a lot more than we might think.

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