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Demand for leading eating disorder charity triples in pandemic with record high
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By Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
Demand for the UK’s leading eating disorder charity has tripled during the pandemic with the service experiencing record levels of people coming forward to seek help.
Data shared exclusively with The Independent shows overall helpline demand soared by 173 per cent in around a year - rising from 4,277 contacts in February 2020 to 11,686 contacts in January this year.
Beat, the charity which runs the helpline, said they have seen a consistent rise since the Covid crisis hit as they warned lockdown measures could be driving the rise.
Overall helpline demand includes calls, online chats, emails, messages via social media and online support group attendance - with the service used by people suffering from eat...
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