3.5 million people could now be living with an eating disorder according to national charity Beat - with calls for major reforms to treatment and training in the NHS

3.5 million people could now be living with an eating disorder according to national charity Beat - with calls for major reforms to treatment and training in the NHS

The number of sufferers is thought to be around 3.5 million - three times more than the 2017 estimate of 1.25 million, according to the study by eating disorder charity Beat.