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Ursula Philpot
Ursula Philpot
Senior Lecturer
School of Clinical & Applied Sciences
0113 81 24996 U.Philpot@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Ursula Philpot
Ursula is a freelance consultant dietitian and senior lecturer in nutrition and dietetics, providing specialist nutritional consultancy to the media, companies and individuals. She has extensive experience in NHS settings, specialist eating disorder services and runs her own private practice.
Ursula has a specialist interest in eating disorders, disordered eating, family health, mental health and all types of weight management.
Ursula is passionate about communicating the role of good nutrition for health and well-being and has been involved in a variety of projects with publishers, newspapers, journals, TV production companies, charities and NHS trusts. Featuring regularly on BBC radio and television news.
Specialising in producing guidelines, pathways and consensus statement within the area of eating disorders and mental health.
Current Teaching
Teaching modules for Dietetics and Nutrition- various including (majority level 5/7):
- Behaviour Change skills
- Mental Health
- Eating disorders
- Obesity
- Module lead for: Lifestyle Disease and Social context (level 7)
- Enterprise and Public Health Nutrition
- Practice Placement Liaison
- Short course development and delivery including eating disorders, and behaviour change
Research Interests
Currently researching the link between nutrition and chronic pain Guided Self Help for Eating disorders- on going research into the use of modalities and settings Eating disorders and MDT approaches.
Selected Publications
Journal articles (1)
- Philpot U (2013), Eating disorders in young people with diabetes: Development, diagnosis and management
Chapters (3)
- Hill AJ; Heywood-Everett, S; Philpot U (2013) Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa. In: Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. : Elsevier, pp. 126-131.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-375083-9.00084-2 - Philpot U (2011) Mental health. In: Payne A; Barker HM Advancing Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition. : Elsevier Health Sciences, pp. .
- Philpot U (2007) Mental Illness. In: Thomas B; Bishop J Manual of Dietetic Practice. : Wiley-Blackwell, pp. .
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed) (1)
- Cockfield A; Philpot U (2009) Managing anorexia from a dietitian's perspective. In: . : Cambridge University Press (CUP), pp. 281-288.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0029665109001281
Other (1)
- Garrett A; Aronson L; Philpot U; Cockfield A; Hoyle A (2006), A BRIEFING PAPER FOR DIETITIANS WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS
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