Review: Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders?

At least 1.6 million people in the UK are directly affected by eating disorders, which can affect anyone at any stage of life, and do not discriminate based upon age, sex, ethnicity or background. However, eating disorder onset is commonly prevalent in adolescence, making children and young people a key group affected and underpinning the focus for this book.

Can I Tell You About Eating Disorders? invites the reader to explore and learn about eating disorders through being part of a thoughtful discussion with young people. Along the way we meet Alice, Beth, Freddie, Sam and Francesca, who take turns to tell their story and explain their difficulties with eating as well as how it makes them feel. The group of young people featured represents males and females of differing ages and experiences, and explores anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, food avoidance emotional disorder, selective eating disorder and functional dysphagia. The book is aimed at young people aged between seven and 15 to help them learn about and understand eating disorders. But this text could be useful for anyone with an interest in eating disorders, alongside those working with and caring for young people affected.