It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week Monday 24th February – Sunday 2nd March. The purpose of this week is to raise awareness of eating disorders and provide resources and support.
Eating disorders can affect anyone. It is very likely you know someone who is living with an eating disorders, but you may not realise it. Right now, at least 1.25 million people in the UK are living with an eating disorder. That’s more than 1 in 50 people, but the true number could be much higher than this as many people are undiagnosed. Eating disorders like ARFID, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and OSFED are complex mental health conditions that are often misunderstood, mislabelled, or undiagnosed which can prevent people from reaching out for help. Eating disorders can be stigmatised, affect anyone, and they do not have a ‘look’.
Beat is the UK’s leading eating disorder charity. You can find out information and support from their website, and access resources for eating disorders awareness week here: Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025.
You can also find more information about supporting children and young people’s mental and emotional wellbeing in school on our pages: Emotional health and wellbeing – Devon Schools Wellbeing Partnership.