General Article To The Bone: Why Netflix's portrayal of eating disorders has got it all wrong

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Su Holmes, University of East Anglia

Not many films come with a health warning. But the recent Netflix film To The Bone, which tells the story of 20-year-old Ellen – played by Lily Collins – and her journey through treatment for anorexia, has received just that. The UK’s national eating disorder charity Beat said in a statement:

We would strongly urge anyone that might be at risk of an eating disorder to think very carefully before watching this film.

There have also been calls to ban th...

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