There's been a 300% increase in Scotland
An eating disorder charity said it has received a 300% increase in the number of calls to its helpline inSpeaking to BBC’s Good Morning Scotland on Friday, Tom Quinn from Beat – a charity supporting those with eating disorders – said the number of people asking for help has “skyrocketed” since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Beat has called for any legislation on the issue to be avoided and has warned of the impact on those with eating disorders. “The rules were introduced in England in April. And we’ve already seen hundreds of people contact our helpline who are feeling that it’s having a damaging impact on their eating disorder.
He added: “The evidence is really clear that this will have no impact on the general public. So studies that have taken place where this has happened elsewhere have shown, for example, in the States there was a 4%, a really small reduction, in the the amount of calories eaten, but after a year that had completely disappeared, people went back to eating what they’d always been eating.
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