Ursula Philpot

Senior Lecturer Leeds Beckett

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Ursula Philpot is a freelance consultant dietitian and senior lecturer in nutrition and dietetics.

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Biography

Ursula is a consultant dietician and senior lecturer specialising in eating disorders, disordered eating, mental health, and autism.

She has a clinic for eating problems in Leeds and works in complex mental health in Bradford. Ursula is a clinical lead for children and young people’s Mental Health in Yorkshire with NHS England.

She is especially interested in producing guidelines, pathways, and consensus statement within the area of eating disorders and mental health.

Ursula is undertaking research into chronic pain and diet therapy, and is part of the pain research group at Leeds Beckett.

Industry Expertise

Health and Wellness
Education/Learning

Areas of Expertise

Obesity
Mental Health
Eating Disorders
Nutrition

Education

Leeds Metropolitan University

MSc

Dietetics

1998

Affiliations

  • BBC Breakfast : Consultant Dietitian
  • Member of the British Dietetic Association's ARFID subgroup
  • Member of the all age Clinical Reference Group for Eating disorders for NHS England
  • Contributor to the NHS England Longstanding Eating disorders, and NHS Feeding and eating disorders currency model work streams

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

Clean eating trend can be dangerous for young people, experts warn

The Guardian  online

2016-10-01

Ursula Philpot, a dietitian at the British Dietetic Association, said a fixation with eating healthily had been a noticeable route into eating disorders for vulnerable individuals in the past couple of years.

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Anorexia expert accuses 'dangerous' wellness bloggers like the Hemsley sisters of sparking a rise in eating disorders

Daily Mail  online

2016-07-12

Dietitian Ursula Philpot told Grace that she was very concerned by elements of the clean eating craze.

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Are you a rep‘eat’ offender?

Times of India  online

2012-04-30

The two conditions can overlap but orthorexia is a very distinct disorder,” explains Ursula Philpot.

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Articles

What is avoidant restrictive food intake disorder?

British Journal of General Practice

2024

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a classified eating disorder diagnosis with criteria outlined in both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition and International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision. A diagnosis of ARFID should only be made by an adequately informed multidisciplinary team.

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Post-Covid-19 Syndrome: Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life Following Psychology-Led Interdisciplinary Virtual Rehabilitation

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is increasingly recognized as having significant long-term impact on physical and mental health. The Primary Care Wellbeing Service (PCWBS) in Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT) is a psychology-led specialist interdisciplinary team of health professionals specializing in persistent physical symptoms (PPS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) with an emphasis on holistic integrated care.

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Nasogastric tube feeding in line with new dietetic guidelines for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in a specialist children and adolescent inpatient unit: a case series

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

2020

The present study reports a case series where three adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) (two cases with typical AN and one case atypical AN) received nasogastric tube feeding under restraint in line with new dietetic clinical guidelines.

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