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Woman's Hour: Extreme fussy eating, Pay, Off the Rails

Extreme fussy eating, Pay, Off the Rails

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Extreme fussy eating, Pay, Off the Rails

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; Carrie Gracie's book Equal; youth work.

When does fussy eating become a danger to health? Do high-profile cases affect the fight for equal pay? How prison experience helps youth worker Nequela support at-risk teenagers.

As BBC journalist Carrie Gracie prepares to release her new book, Equal, about her yearlong battle for equal pay, we discuss the impact this case has had on equal pay for all. Have these high-profile cases inspired employees, employers and policymakers to take action? Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society, Charles Cotton from the CIPD and Paula Lee from Leigh Day Solicitors join Jenni. 

Now for the final part in our series Off The Rails. We’ve been following the work of South London youth worker Nequela whose personal experience of getting into trouble and prison helps her reach troubled teens.  Jo Morris met her one Thursday afternoon when she was getting things ready for the evening's senior youth club.

Experts are warning about the risks of extreme fussy eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.  When does fussy eating become a danger to health? And how can parents distinguish between regular fussy eating in children, and the psychological condition of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder – ARFID?  Jenni speaks to Dr Victoria Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology who conducts research into ARFID, Dr Lucy Serpell, Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and associate professor of Psychology of Eating Disorders  at UCL and Clare Thornton-Wood, dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association. 


Presenter: Jenni Murray

Interviewed guests:
Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, Fawcett Society
Charles Cotton, Senior Reward and Performance advisor, CIPD
Paula Lee, Associate Solicitor, Leigh Day
Jo Morris, reporter
Nequela, youth worker
Dr Victoria Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, De Montford University
Dr Lucy Serpell, Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and associate professor of Psychology of Eating Disorders  at UCL
Clare Thornton-Wood, dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association

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