28/02/2022
This week is Eating Disorder Week.
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is one of the biggest opportunities for us to put eating disorders in the spotlight.
Around 1.25 million people in the UK suffer from these illnesses, many in secret. They are of all ages, genders and backgrounds – eating disorders do not discriminate. Eating disorders include bulimia, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), and anorexia, which tragically has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, though all eating disorders can be deadly.
Beat charity is the UK’s eating disorder charity. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, their mission is to end the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders.
Their hard work means that every year lives are saved, families are kept together, and people are able to live free of eating disorders. Help us raise awareness 🧡