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Adults in England with eating disorders wait up to 700 days for treatment, report finds

17 décembre 2025 à 06:00

Audit finds on average adults wait twice as long as children for assessment and more than 10 times as long to be treated

Adults with eating disorders in England are waiting up to 700 days for vital treatment, according to a report.

The stark figures were revealed in the first report of the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED), which looked at access to eating disorder services across the country.

Gen Z behind jump in use of oral nicotine pouches across Great Britain

The Guardian

Par :Andrew Gregory Health editor

17 décembre 2025 à 00:30

More than half a million people now consume products as experts link rise to ‘aggressive’ marketing and advertising

More than 500,000 people in Great Britain now use nicotine pouches, with the significant rise in uptake driven by members of gen Z, research has revealed.

Nicotine pouches are placed between the lip and gum to slowly release nicotine and come in a wide variety of different flavours. Health experts say the products, which are banned in Germany and the Netherlands, should not be used by anyone who does not already smoke.