On the front line of the eating disorder epidemic
Hospital admissions for eating disorders have shot up in the past five years. Why? And what is being done about it? We meet the people battling a crisis.
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Hospital admissions for eating disorders have shot up in the past five years. Why? And what is being done about it? We meet the people battling a crisis.
The disorder is far more common than anorexia or bulimia and, while medical research is working to catch up, we know much less about it...
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Let's talk to lucy wellman who had a binge eating disorderfor 4 years. and also i'm joined by tom quinn from the eating disorder charity beat. then, i do not underestimate how difficult it is to talk about this on national television. we really appreciate it. can you give the audience an insight into how you would eat and what might have led to you eating in that way when you are aged 11? when i started binging i had no idea what was happening. just felt a lack of control. there were no potential triggers or dramatic thing that led to it. it crept up out of nowhere. it was just the most confus...
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