Teenage Eating Disorders

Some people assume that if someone is slim, that they are healthy, which is not the case.

Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental health condition and an eating disorder in which people try to keep their weight as low as possible.

Binge eating is a condition were someone feels competed to overeat on a regular basis.

Binge eater often consume a large amount of food over a small period of time even when they are not hungry.

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder and mental health condition.

They try to control their weight by severely restricting the amount of food they consume, before binge eating and then making themselves vomit to get rid of the food eaten.

1 in 100 women have been clinically diagnosed with an eating disorder.

269 people have been diagnosed in England and Wales alone.

11 to 13 million people have physical issues or issues connecting with food.

1 in 4 women admitted they felt guilty after eating and would feel happier if they were slimmer, but they were not overweight.