Talking about Disordered Eating and Neurodivergence at the Royal Society of Medicine

Some stories take decades to piece together. For me, it wasn’t until my late 40s, when I finally received my ADHD and autism diagnoses, that I could see the thread linking more than 35 years of disordered eating: the cycles of restriction, binging, and purging that I’d never been able to explain, let alone resolve.

With the lens of neuroscience, nutrition and mental health research, those experiences now make sense in a way they never did before. More importantly, they’ve allowed me to heal, meaning that after decades of extremes, I can finally say I’ve found a way of eating that feels “normal” and sustainable.

On 26 November 2025, I’ll be sharing this intersection of lived experience and research at the Royal Society of Medicine during the conference New insights in nutrition and neurodivergence: Why brain health matters. My talk will explore the evidence showing how ADHD, autism, and other neurotypes carry a significantly higher risk of disordered eating behaviours, and how nutrition and neuroscience can inform more compassionate, evidence-based care.

I’ll be speaking alongside an extraordinary line-up of experts from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and lived experience, each contributing to a more integrated understanding of the gut–brain axis, nutrition, and neurodivergence.

If you’d like to join the conversation, registration is open now via the Royal Society of Medicine.