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.