New research has shown that lockdowns fuelled a staggering rise in teenage eating disorders – and this was not the only damage done
Every day new evidence emerges of the harms of lockdown on children. Researchers find rising numbers of those with eating disorders and social anxiety, or who are self-harming and dropping out of school. And that’s far from an exhaustive list.
The fact our young suffered the effects of lockdown in many more ways than we could ever have predicted has left parents, schools and the healthcare system reeling in the virus’s wake. But today, little is being done.
