Hospital admissions for people with eating disorders have risen 84% in the last five years, with boys and young men increasingly affected, a new analysis has found.
Admissions in children and young people rose from 3,541 to 6,713, with a 35% increase in the last year alone as the Covid pandemic hit, according to the analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The proportion of children and young people admitted to hospital with an eating disorder has increased by 90 per cent over the last five years, according to analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.