Eating Disorder Awareness Week
26th February – 3th March
The week is organised by “Beat Eating Disorders”
The focus of the week this year is ARFID Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2024 (beateatingdisorders.org.uk)
How you can get help:
Your Child
If you think this as a problem for your child it is important to get help at an early stage. Local NHS Eating Disorder Services are likely to require a GP referral. Please speak to your GP or a teacher in your child’s school so that the best care can be arranged.
You can also talk with your school nurse team to understand the first steps to take to get help
Healthy Child Programme (HCP) – Health Visitors and School Nursing (sussexcommunity.nhs.uk)
Yourself
If you think this is a problem for yourself it is also important to seek help.
For parents and carers, eating disorders can make the already challenging experience of caring for a child into one which is dominated by fear, guilt, shame and isolation. If this is a personal issue, then at least be comforted that you are not alone.
Get information and support – Beat (beateatingdisorders.org.uk)
There’s plenty out there and as always, early intervention is key to recovery. As we said above local NHS Eating Disorder Services are likely to require a GP referral so we would encourage you to book an appointment with your GP.
