Here's to eroding stigma and encouraging hope for recovery By The Editors of Women's Health Updated: 16 March 2022 Content warning: This article contains celebrities speaking openly about their experience of eating disorders, which some may find difficult to read. Eating disorder charity Beat estimates that around 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder – a staggering, but sadly not surprising, number. And what's more worrying still, is that eating disorders

In August 2021, Beat conducted a survey of 182 people with lived experience of eating disorders to understand more about their...

Crash diets. Weight loss supplements. Calorie tracking apps. If you use the internet, you’ve no doubt seen adverts for products that claim to make you healthier but often do anything but. For people with eating disorders, these adverts are extra harmful. Last August, Beat ran a survey of 182 people with experience of eating disorders. We wanted to understand more about how they feel online advertising has affected them. And the results were worrying. 96% of respondents had c