Having experienced an eating disorder as a teenager or adolescent may have a significant impact on a person’s life for many years to come, e.g. through the long-term physical and psychological consequences that may follow. This raises important questions about how we understand recovery from eating disorders, and how an eating disorder may leave its marks on a person’s life course.
Purpose
This project aims to examine what impacts it may have on women’s (aged 40 to 60) life courses to have had an eating disorder in adolescence or youth. The study will contribute to a broader understanding of what it means, from the women’s own perspective, to have had an eating disorder, to what extent and in what ways it has affected their lives, and how they have managed and possibly overcome it. Understanding these issues is important for both detecting and preventing eating disorders and their long-term implications.
Method
The study explores this through life-story interviews with women aged 40 to 60
Project period
September 2026 – June 2028
Funding
Independent Research Fund Denmark