Hungry for Words: Creative approaches to shape healthcare and address health inequalities

hand drawn pictures and text describing eating disorders in men

The interdisciplinary projects led by Prof Heike Bartel explore how arts and humanities can shape healthcare and address health inequalities.

Current projects focus on:

Project aims

Still from the video showing four men standing in a line

Consider Eating Disorders in Men animation

Post it notes for creating poems

Poetry

Poetry written from the perspectives of people affected by ‘disordered’ eating

 
Publications and papers open on a table during meeting

Publications and articles

Person sitting down being filmed

Partners

 

Project overview

Hear about some of the creative approaches used to explore and give voice to the issues.

Latest news

August 2023

Our AHRC-funded animation 'Consider Eating Disorders in Men' is praised by UK Research and Innovation  as an example for 'How the arts and humanities will shape the future of healthcare'.

July 2023

We are proud to announce that our animation 'Excessive Exercise and Eating Disorders' has been adapted into German and will be used by our German partners at the Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum and the Landesfachstelle Essstörungen

See all project news

Latest events

  • No scheduled events. Check back regularly for information as events are arranged.

Information about previous project events

 

 

Getting support

If any of the issues raised on this website affect you or someone you know you can get help.

  • Book an appointment at your GP practice
  • Tell someone who is understanding (trusted friends and family members, teachers, nurses, colleagues)
  • Contact one of the eating disorders support organisations listed below.

UK

Republic of Ireland

USA

Australia

 

Image at top of page extract of hand drawn illustration created at Men Cafe, Being Human 2020. Image copyright Pen Mendonca.

Hungry for Words

Creative approaches to shape healthcare
and address health inequalities


telephone:0115 95 15816
email: heike.bartel@nottingham.ac.uk