The NHS urgently needs to change the way it talks about weight loss and gain.
Certainly, a number can’t encapsulate someone’s health, and shouldn’t be used to solely determine whether a woman needs to lose weight.
“I didn’t go in with any weight issue, so why did the appointment become about my weight?” Alexa* asks. In order for large scale changes to be made, though, it needs to come from the hands of our biggest decision makers. “The Government must also invest in eating disorder training for healthcare staff,” Tom Quinn, Beat's director of external affairs, adds.
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