Happy New Year! I hope you all are well rested and had a good break! 

On Wednesday research highlighted an even bigger increase in eating disorder hospital admission. There are a number of reasons that eating disorders are on the rise but what is clear from all the research is that there is absolutely no real effort to focus on early intervention! Yes there are funding issues, a lack of understanding but the fact remains... eating disorders are serious mental illnesses and can kill!

People are still being turned away from services for not being “thin enough”. And this must change!

It was brilliant to have the chance to go on Channel 5 News to discus this and the campaign further!

We need to make sure the government keeps eating disorders on the agenda & really tackles this!

Please do keep signing and sharing the petition! Each day we are getting closer to 100k signatures! (Suggested tweet below)

As always please do send in your stories, or comments and if you want to see  more of my day to day campaigning take a look at my Instagram “hopevirgo_”

Thank you for your ongoing support! 

suggested tweet:  ‪I am supporting @HopeVirgo to #DumpTheScales because eating disorders are serious mental illnesses and cannot be judged on BMI! Together let’s change this! https://www.change.org/p/eating-disorders-are-not-just-about-weight-dumpthescales