Having a consistent approach to supporting young people with eating problems and eating disorders in educational settings can help build capacity and confidence of staff. Beat can provide support to schools wishing to formalise their plans in a policy.

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It is also important to consider how as a whole school community you are promoting healthy body image, food intake and health and wellbeing to help prevent eating disorders as well as knowing how to react when a pupil has an eating disorder.

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