Rates of Eating Disorders and Teenage Girls Self-Harming Soared During Lockdown

Rates of Eating Disorders and Teenage Girls Self-Harming Soared During Lockdown
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Rates of eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm “substantially increased” among teenage girls in the UK during the first two years of COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new study.

Social isolation, anxiety resulting from changing routines, and school shutdowns contributed to increases in eating disorder diagnoses and self-harm in young girls, but the affected number could be even higher than researchers observed.

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