Mental Health Survey: Eating Disorders Among Young People on the Rise in England

Eating disorders refer to those who had a clinically impairing eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, among other types.

A young girl paints a picture of herself on the school window as children of key workers take part in school activities at Oldfield Brow Primary School in Altrincham, England on April 8, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

More than one in ten 17 to 19-year-olds in England have an eating disorder amid a rise in affected young people, revealed a survey, commissioned by the NHS.

This year’s survey provided England’s official statistics on trends in children’s mental health.