Eating disorders are devastating mental illnesses that affect 1 in 50 people in the UK. Eating disorders include bulimia, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), and anorexia Beat Eating Disorders are the UKās eating disorder charity. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, our mission is to end the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders. Recovery from eating disorders is possible, but we rely on our GPs to spot early warning signs that may have nothing to do with a personās weight or appearance. On average GPās get less than two hours in their entire medical degree. And a fifth of UK medical schools donāt provide any training on eating disorders at all. Therefore, Beat Eating Disorderās 2022 campaign is focused around campaigning for all UK medical schools and foundation programmes to introduce proper training on eating disorders. For more information surroun...
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