A teacher's guide to eating disorders

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