To get to the bottom of what’s going on and why so many young people are developing eating disorders, we’ve got the latest clinical take.
Why are more young people developing eating disorders?
Between 2016 and 2017, 5,240 young people began treatment for an eating disorder on the NHS. By 2022/2023, that number has soared to 11,800.
There are a number of factors that could be driving up the cases of eating disorders among young people. One that’s widely considered as a definite cause is social media.
62 per cent of young people aged three to 17 had a social media profile, with a whopping 33 per cent of five- to seven-year-olds using the different platforms.
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