About 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) Symposium 8: Feeding size 0: The challenges of anorexia nervosa Managing anorexia from a dietitian's perspective. In: . : , 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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Journal articles (3)
- Fuller SJ; Philpot U; Barrett N; Cooper E; Doyle M; Druce‐Perkins J; Elliott H; Falcoski P; Forster R; Hickley Y (In press), The development of consensus‐based guidelines for dietetic practice in nasogastric tube feeding under restraint for patients with anorexia nervosa using a modified Delphi process
https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12731 - Traviss-Turner G; Philpot U; Wilton J; Green K; Heywood-Everett S; Hill A (2018), Guided self‐help to manage binge eating in a dietetic‐led community weight management service
https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12259 - Philpot U (2013), Eating disorders in young people with diabetes: Development, diagnosis and management
Chapters (4)
- Philpot U (2018) Eating Disorders and Probiotics. In: Martin C; Larkin D Probiotics in Mental Health. : CRC Press, pp. .
- 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 contributions (16)
- Philpot U (2019) international London Eating Disorders Conference 20190320. : .
- Philpot U (2019) Primary Care and Public Health conference 20190515. : .
- Philpot U (2019) Implementing the NICE Quality Standards for Eating Disorders De Vere West One, London 20190405. : .
- Philpot U (2019) British Psychological Society: Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder 20190306. : .
- Philpot U (2018) ARFID diagnosis and management Leeds 20180611. : .
- Philpot U (2018) Nutrition for Eating Disorders 20180615. : .
- Philpot U (2018) Nutrition for Eating Disorders Birmingham 20180515. : .
- Philpot U; Parkin J (2018) Impact of an eating disorder day service on quality of life, body mass index and patient and staff experiences: a multi‐ method evaluation . : Wiley.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12538 - Philpot U (2017) Atypical Dietary variants in Eating Disorders, their Assessment and Management London 20171103. : .
- Philpot U (2017) The role of the dietitian in severe and enduring anorexia nervosa Ursula Philpot - Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom (UK) Rotterdam 20170928. : .
- Philpot U (2017) Evaluation of the Goal Attainment Scaling Tool as an outcome measure tool within eating disorders teams London 20170321. : .
- Philpot U (2017) Supersize vs Superskinny (kids)-Evidenced based (Part of Panel: Matters of Exercise and Body Weight) Cyprus 20161201. : .
- Philpot U (2017) Food and Mood Liverpool John Moore University 20170211. : .
- Philpot U (2017) Keynote: Food and Mood. Liverpool John Moore University 20170211. : .
- Philpot U (2016) MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Cyprus 20161201. : .
- Philpot U (2016) Nutritional Managment of Anorexia Nevsoa London 20161111. : .
Conference proceedings (peer reviewed) (1)
- Cockfield A; Philpot U (2009) Symposium 8: Feeding size 0: The challenges of anorexia nervosa Managing anorexia from a dietitian's perspective. In: . : , pp. 281-288.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665109001281
Lectures (1)
- Philpot U (2017), Nutrition in Mental Health : Eating Disorders
Other (2)
- National Guideline Alliance (2017), NICE Guidelines for Eating Disorders: Recognition and Treatment (NG69)
- 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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