Emma Thompson: Parents of teens with eating disorders are stigmatised and shamed

Dame Emma Thompson and her daughter Gaia Wise have discussed the youngster’s previous eating disorder (Isobel Infantes/PA)

The parents of children with eating disorders are “stigmatised and shamed” by society, Dame Emma Thompson has said.

The two-time Oscar winner, 62, called on the public to educate themselves about the impact of conditions such as anorexia, which her daughter Gaia Wise suffered from as a teenager.