Children should not be denied help in treating eating disorders on the basis of their body mass index (BMI), the NHS says.

Throughout the years, the Eating Recovery Center (ERC) has seen more younger patients, prompting them to launch its Brave ...

Guidance for GPs and nurses says other factors should be taken into account, such as changes in behaviour ...

Body mass index (BMI) should not be the main factor when deciding if a child or young person should be referred for an eating ...

The advice from NHS England, which extends guidance to teachers, GPs, and school nurses, explicitly states that "single ...

Online training will also be provided to teachers, GPs, and school nurses to ensure they are aware of signs and how they can refer a child for NHS support, backed by the charity Beat and the Royal ...

NHS England reports that specialist eating disorder services for children and young people are now available in every local ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Every 52 minutes, a person dies as a direct consequence of an eating disorder. Kids as young as five can develop one, and there has been a massive spike over the last five years. From ...

This guidance is for integrated care boards (ICBs) and providers of eating disorder services and sets out how to design collaborative, integrated services that support all children, young people, and ...

Integrated care boards (ICBs) have been asked to ensure school nurses and those in relevant roles across general practice ...

More and more Colorado children and young adults are suffering from eating disorders. Diagnosis rates have increased since the pandemic, and patients are showing more severe symptoms. When Kendall ...

Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric illnesses involving disordered relationships with food and pathological body weight/shape dissatisfaction. As both psychological and biological illnesses, EDs ...