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Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses affecting 725,000 men and women of all ages and backgrounds in the UK. The charity surveyed more than 650 people with experience of an eating disorder and found other failings by employers:
- 40% said their employers' impact on their recovery was 'unhelpful'
- Two thirds of people were unable to access support for their eating disorder at work
- 38% told us they used annual leave to attend medical appointments for their eating disorder
- More than four out of five said they didn't think or didn't know whether their employers and colleagues were 'informed' about eating disorders.
Andrew Radford, Chief Executive of Beat said "Employers can play an important role in supporting recovery. The stigma and misunderstanding experienced by so many in the workplace must be replaced with support and compassion championed by a formal mechanism of support.