
Emma Rich, University of Bath; Niamh Ni Shuilleabhain, University of Bath, and Simone Fullagar, University of Bath
An estimated 1.6m people in the UK have experienced an eating disorder. In the US, these figures are as high as 20m women and 10m men. With numbers like these, and rising levels of body disaffection among young people, tackling eating disorders is an increasingly urgent task.
As well as leading to potentially life threatening conditions, eating disorders have significant social ...
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