Letters to the Editor: Be aware of the symptoms of eating disorders

Ahead of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a reader urges people to learn from his experience, while others consider topics including defence, transport, and the North's relationship with Britain

One reader says he is in recovery from an eating disorder and that 'until I finally admitted I had a problem I really didn’t know anything about the signs, symptoms, etc.' Stock picture: iStock

With Eating Disorders Awareness Week coming up soon (February 26-March 3), and with so many stories related to food, exercise, and people’s views on what you should eat, I feel we should also be mindful of eating disorders.

One thing that I would really like to see would be some advice on eating disorder supports available when publishing stories about diet plans or stories on such things like ‘healthy eating’ for the want of a better term or exercising advice stories etc…