I have suffered with Anorexia since I was 11 years old.

Over the years I’ve been very low weight and other times higher weight.

I’m starting this petition because of my personal experience and hearing of many others who’ve had the same experience of being refused treatment due to the use of BMI.

Eating Disorders come in all shapes and sizes and at any weight but unless your of a very low BMI, services are not interested and people aren’t just suffering, people are dying because treatment has been refused.

Eating Disorders are a very secretive illness so to actually have the courage to speak up and ask for help, that’s really difficult to do.

sadly many are refused help unless they lose more weight and actually people end up trying really hard to lose weight so they are able to access treatment.

This is so wrong on all levels.

You should never be turned away after asking for help and you should never have to make yourself more and more unwell in the hope you’ll be accepted for treatment. People with a normal, overweight BMI with eating disorders are getting incredibly unwell with heart problems, electrolyte imbalances and bones becoming soft and in the worst case, people die.

Stop the use of BMI