Understanding Eating Disorders

Nip in the Bud

What

Watch time: 08.30 minutes. Content and trigger warning:
This is a personal account from one of our contributors to Nip in the Bud's film about Eating Disorders. If you need to take a break and come back later to watch with a friend please do.
This information is not medical advice. It is generic and does not take into account your personal circumstances, physical well-being, mental status or mental requirements.
Do not use this information to treat or diagnose your own or another person’s medical condition and never ignore medical advice or delay seeking it because of something in this information. Any medical questions should be referred to a qualified healthcare professional.
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Around 1.25 million people in the UK suffer from eating disorders. These disorders can cause serious harm, both physically and emotionally, and they have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

Early diagnosis, intervention and treatment are critical.

This is one of our information films but we've also included other films about Eating disorders and real-life experience films here on the Young Foundation platform.

For more information, the accompanying comprehensive Fact Sheets and additional resources visit our website.