8 top tips to support young people with eating disorders

Martha Akehurst, senior clinical advice co-ordinator, eating disorder charity Beat
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

If you’re a frontline children’s services professional, you could be one of the first people to notice a young person is struggling with issues related to body image or food. That is why it is so important that every staff member can identify the symptoms and signpost young people to the support they need.

There’s a myth that eating disorders only affect young women or that you must be underweight in order to be unwell. Picture: Carballo/Adobe Stock
There’s a myth that eating disorders only affect young women or that you must be underweight in order to be unwell. Picture: Carballo/Adobe Stock

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