Most people with eating disorders don't receive specialist NHS referral
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People In Recovery Are Sharing The Brutal Long-Term Consequences Of Their Eating Disorders, From Incontinence To Losing Their Eyesight
People in recovery have detailed the brutal lasting health impacts of eating disorders — including incontinence and losing their eyesight — in a bid to deglamorize it.
Most people with eating disorders don't receive specialist NHS referral
A study of GP records for more than 35,000 adults in England and Northern Ireland has found that most people diagnosed with an eating disorder are never referred to specialist NHS treatment and that body weight plays a large part in who is seen and who is not. Using anonymized primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD Aurum), covering records from 2010 to 2023, researchers identified 35,404 adults ages 18–80 with at le…
Although there is a persistent stereotype that eating disorders primarily affect women, a body of research over the past decade suggests that these disorders—along with related mental health conditions such as body dysmorphia and subclinical eating disorders—do not discriminate based on gender. The symptoms of eating disorders may differ in men, but treatment is often the same as in women.
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