Eating disorders among children in the UK have risen sharply during the CCP virus pandemic, child health experts have said, attributing it in part to increased stress, isolation, and increased social media use.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Monday that a “huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders” among children compared to last year had been reported by paediatricians around the country, particularly in the past few months.
