As a teenager I knew plenty of girls at school with eating disorders. As a new teacher I was really worried about how to support any young person who might disclose they had an eating disorder. In this podcast I ask Dr Paul Jenkins from Reading University, all the questions I wish I had been able to ask 20 years ago about different types of eating disorders, signs, supporting suffers and the misunderstanding that surrounds them.

Further support/resources can be found here:

BEAT

National Eating Disorders Risk factors

9 Truths about eating disorders

9 More Truths about eating disorders: boys and men

Dove