A paper led by academics at Northumbria University, published in the Journal of Eating Disorders on 27 March, points to figures outlining the scale of the challenges and increasing numbers of people ...

Priory has opened the UK’s first medically-led eating disorder day hospital for NHS patients at its 31-bed Southampton site.

The BMA at its Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in Brighton today passed a motion condemning the current state of eating ...

More than half of England’s integrated care boards (ICBs) plan changes that could result in real-terms spending cuts for eating disorder services, according to an analysis by the Royal College of ...

According to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), around 20 million women and 10 million men will experience difficulties with an eating disorder at some point in their life. Over the last ...

In the UK, the scale of the problem is rising, with more young people than ever before receiving treatment for an eating disorder. Despite this, research remains significantly underfunded, meaning ...

The number of children and young people starting treatment for eating disorders has more than doubled in England over the last six years. But services are struggling to keep pace with growing demand ...

Researchers have identified many different causes for eating disorders, ranging from genetic risk factors to the culture a person grows up in. However, no single factor causes all eating disorders.

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 ...

Over a million people in the UK are living with eating disorders, yet England still has no national strategy to address the crisis. Researchers are urging urgent action, warning that inconsistent care ...