Mental Health Survey: Eating Disorders Among Young People on the Rise in England

Published on November 22, 2023

More than one in ten 17 to 19-year-olds in England have an eating disorder amid a rise in affected young people, revealed a survey, commissioned by the NHS. This year’s survey provided England’s official statistics on trends in children’s mental health. It was conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter. It is part of a series of surveys carried out since 2017. Commenting on the findings, the NHS said that between 2017 and 2023, the rates of people with eating disorders rose both in young women (from 1.6 to 20.8 percent) and young men (from 0.0 to 5.1 percent)....

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