A paper led by academics at Northumbria University, published in the Journal of Eating Disorders today (27 March), points to figures outlining the scale of the challenges and increasing numbers of people impacted:
- Approximately 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder
- 12.5% of 17 to 19-year-olds in England reported having an eating disorder in 2023, compared with 0.8% in 2017
- The financial cost of eating disorders to the English economy was estimated as £8 billion in…
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