How to help your child recover from an eating disorder: one couple share their story Hello! 3/03/2021
It s Eating Disorders Awareness Week from 1 – 7 March, a week where the charity,
Beat, shines a light on the estimated 1.25 million people in the UK suffering from an eating disorder right now – be it anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.
One family who have experienced life with an eating disorder is the Simmonds family, whose daughter Emily, now 24, began her anorexia battle at age 16.
During her illness, Emily lost 19kg, however with the help and support of her parents, Mark and Mel, she recovered, attended university, and now works as an Assistant Producer at ITV’s
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find disturbing or triggering March 03, 2021 - 14:17 GMT Sophie Hamilton It s Eating Disorders Awareness Week from 1 - 7 March, and here, one couple share their daughter s battle with anorexia and offer advice on how to help family members recover
It s
Eating Disorders Awareness Week from 1 – 7 March, a week where the charity,
Beat, shines a light on the estimated 1.25 million people in the UK suffering from an eating disorder right now – be it anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder.
One family who have experienced life with an eating disorder is the Simmonds family, whose daughter Emily, now 24, began her anorexia battle at age 16.
It s an ugly illness. It brings on ugly things and it just brings darkness into your life.
Róisín Doyle, 20, a first-year student at NUI Galway has struggled with anorexia and bulimia for five years. An eating disorder is something that wants you all to itself. It doesn t want you to enjoy life, Róisín explained.
March 1 to March 7 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which aims to draw awareness to the seriousness and complexity of eating disorders.
According to the HSE, in Ireland, over 188,000 people will have experienced an eating disorder at some point in their lives.
An article in the Irish Medical Journal earlier this year noted there was a 66% increase in admissions with eating disorders in 2020 compared to 2019.
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