Share this Story: Barbara Kay: COVID unleashed a pandemic of eating disordersBarbara Kay: COVID unleashed a pandemic of eating disorders We’re beginning to see just how tough the pandemic lockdowns have been for youngsters with eating disorders Photo by Getty ImagesArticle content The COVID-19 disruption hit adolescents hard, but teenagers don’t always voice their anxieties. Instead, they’ll often channel them into troubling behaviour, such as eating disorders. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Social isolation and lack of activities play a role in ratcheting up anxiety, Isserlin told me in a telephone interview. As psychiatrist Karl Deisseroth writes in his new book, “Projections: A Story Of Human Emotions,” “I had found no greater mystery than eating disorders, anywhere in psychiatry or medicine.

Source: National Post July 29, 2021 14:07 UTC