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About one in three people with an eating disorder is male.

Evidence tells us the COVID pandemic and measures put in place to contain the virus negatively affected the mental health of adolescents and young people in the UK and elsewhere. One review study published in August 2021 estimated that the global prevalence of children and adolescents with depression and anxiety…

Researchers examined the number of eating disorders before and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help for anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. Last year, nearly 70,000 individuals used the help line.

'First publicly-funded service of its kind in NSW.'

The National Eating Disorders Association took down a controversial chatbot, after users showed how the newest version could dispense potentially harmful advice about dieting and calorie counting.

Media influences and conventional beauty standards have long plagued society.

Susie Ward, now 19, says her eating disorder started when she was 11 and although she has made a full recovery she's hoping her campaign will help medical professionals take others like her seriously

Embedded tracking tool revealed details of users’ visits to content on depression, self-harm and eating disorders