A teacher's guide to eating disorders

<p>As a teenager I knew plenty of girls at school with eating disorders.  As a new teacher I was really worried about how to support any young person who might disclose they had an eating disorder.  In this podcast I ask Dr Paul Jenkins from Reading University, all the questions I wish I had been able to ask 20 years ago about different types of eating disorders, signs, supporting suffers and the misunderstanding that surrounds them.  </p> <p>Further support/resources can be found here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/">BEAT</a></p> <p>National Eating Disorders <a href= "https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/risk-factors">Risk factors</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/nine-truths-about-eating-disorders"> 9 Truths about eating disorders</a></p> <p><a href= "https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEDWEB/27a3b69a-8aae-45b2-a04c-2a078d02145d/UploadedImages/Publications_Slider/AED_9_More_Truths_about_Eating_Disorders_-_Boys_and_Men.pdf?utm_source=What%27s+Going+On+at+AED+-+October+2020+to+Unassigned+Contacts&utm_campaign=What%27s+Going+On+at+AED+in+October+2020&utm_medium=email"> 9 More Truths about eating disorders: boys and men</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dove.com/uk/dove-self-esteem-project.html%20">Dove</a></p> <p> </p>