This Eating Disorders Awareness Week, here's how to approach a friend if you're worried they have an eating disorder, plus the warning signs to look out for.
This article contains references to eating disorders and disordered eating. If you think someone you know might have an eating disorder, it can be a very concerning time. Do you approach them about it? If so, how? What if you say the wrong thing and end up driving them away? I know how hard eating disorders and disordered eating can be for those closest to you.
As well as the general signs – physical or psychological changes, isolation or secrecy, preoccupation with food, fear of gaining weight or pursuit of thinness, disordered perception of body shape/weight – I asked psychotherapist Kerrie Jones, CEO & Founder of specialist treatment eating disorder service Orri, to break down the signs by the most common eating disorders: Anorexia: Food and/or exercising has started to dictate life decisions Preparing meals, and meals themselves, have become a...
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