This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2023 , and on Tuesday there was a debate in Westminster Hall highlighting the theme of this year, which is about eating disorders in men.
There remains a massive stigma around mental health conditions, and it is always important to remind people that anorexia nervosa is the mental health condition with the highest mortality rate. It is often even harder for men to talk about eating disorders, and it was good to hear so many important contributions from colleagues.
Tonight, Channel 5 is airing a documentary, Anorexic, at 10pm. The programme has been made with expert advice and input and I hope does justice to this very serious condition.
I know from the work I have done on this issue how very important early intervention is, and how schools and colleges need to be ever vigilant and careful to address eating disorders through PSHE.
