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Eating disorders in children have soared during the pandemic and experts are now warning parents to be vigilant. Isolation from friends, exam cancellations and loss of extracurricular activities caused stress and encouraged them to focus on eating and exercise, suggested the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Increased use of social media while staying at home can also give children unrealistic ideas of how their body should look, say experts. Eating disorders in children have soared during the pandemic and experts are now warning parents to be vigilant (file image) This is combin...

CCP Virus Pandemic Causing Rise in Eating Disorders in Children, Say Child Health Experts Eating disorders among children in the UK have risen sharply during the CCP virus pandemic, child health experts have said, attributing it in part to increased stress, isolation, and increased social media use. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Monday that a “huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders” among children compared to last year had been reported by paediatricians around the country, particularly in the past few months. “They all pu...