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Mar 2021
25m 32s

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Metro
About this episode
This week we wanted to raise awareness about some of the issues facing people experiencing binge eating disorders. So for this week's episode (marking the start of Eating Disorders Awareness Week) Yvette is chatting with Jess Griffiths, an Eating Disorders Practitioner and Clinical Lead at Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity. 

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