Eating Disorder Awareness Week: NHS lists 13 signs and symptoms
dailyrecord.co.ukIt's Eating Disorder Awareness Week and charities, campaigners, and activists are educating people about the reality of eating disorders.
Eating disorders seriously impact your mental and physical health as well as your ability to function. The devastating illness leads to dangerous eating behaviours, and while symptoms can vary, risk factors include depression, anxiety and wide-ranging complications.The most common eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder.
An estimated 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder and about a quarter of them are male, according to the eating disorder charity Beat.
The NHS says you can develop an eating disorder at any age, but they most often emerge in teens and young adults. According to the NHS, the most common eating disorders are: Also, other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) is when symptoms don't exactly fit other disorders - and it is the most common eating disorder.Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is when someone avoids certain foods, limits how much they eat, or does both.
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