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🎧 Listen to Raising Teens: Eating disorders on BBC Sounds

In this episode of Raising Teens we explore how parents and carers can understand what’s happening to their teens and find the right support. We look at what‘s behind this sharp rise and how services can keep up with the need for treatment. What should we be doing as a society to help our young people who may be struggling? With guests Tom Quinn, Director of External Affairs at BEAT Eating Disorder charity; Dr Selma Stafford, Clinical director for NHS Sussex, GP, and BEAT Trustee; and Tanya Procter, Joint Commissioner Health and Wellbeing in Schools in West Sussex.
First aired on BBC Sussex in January 2024

🎧 Listen to Raising Teens: Eating Disorders on BBC Sounds

Eating disorders can manifest themselves in many ways: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder – and shades in between. Anorexia is a frightening illness and has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Why does this issue mainly affect girls? Are boys who work out at the gym also affected? How can parents spot the signs and find ways to get help for their teen? With guests Tom Quinn from eating disorder charity BEAT, campaigner and author Hope Virgo, nurse and consultant Mary Kemp, and Nicky, the parent of a teen that had an eating disorder.
First broadcast on BBC Sussex on 2 December 2019.

🎧 Hear Lola’s extended interview with a teen who has experienced an eating disorder.