Eating Disorder

Mum’s heartbreak as beloved Alfie, 7, suddenly dies – ‘Other mums need to know’

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Alfie pictured with his mum Lucy (Image: Family handout/MEN) A devastated mum has shared her heartbreak after her son died suddenly when an undiagnosed condition left him severely malnourished. “Beautiful and happy”- Alfie Antony Nicholls passed away at the age of just seven following a cardiac arrest. Alfie was non-verbal and autistic and suffering from … Read more

Eating disorder hospitalizations for young men surged 416% in nearly 2 decades: report – National

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Eating disorder hospitalizations among young men have jumped 416 per cent over 17 years in Ontario, a study released on Monday found. The study, published in Jama Network Open by Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), found from 2002 to 2019, there was a disproportionate rise in pediatric … Read more