Beat held an awareness raising day in Stormont, attended by MLAs from all the main parties in Northern Ireland. Find out more:

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eating Disorders has released a new report warning of more preventable deaths.

Last month, we met with Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock MP to discuss the need for improved eating disorder care. Read more:

Beat has set out its position on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, often known as the Assisted Dying Bill.

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Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses. Anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or background, can develop one.

Learn about the types of eating disorders, what they're caused by and how to get diagnosed

Anorexia can cause individuals to limit how much they eat or drink.

Learn about treatment for anorexia in the UK

Bulimia involves a cycle of eating large quantities of food, and then trying to compensate for that overeating through various m

ARFID involves avoiding certain foods or types of food, having restricted intake in terms of overall amount eaten, or both.

Learn about Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)

BED involves eating very large quantities of food without feeling like they’re in control of what they’re doing.

Orthorexia is an unhealthy obsession with eating “pure” food. It's not currently recognised clinically as an eating disorder.