Should teenagers with eating disorders be prescribed HRT?

This week, Eve talks to one of the authors of a new paper that is calling for more young women with eating disorders to be offered HRT. The researchers behind it – a group of menopause specialists and gynaecologists – claim the treatment could be vital for protecting young women from brittle bone disorders, like osteoporosis. But Eve, who had anorexia in her 20s, is unconvinced. She speaks to eating disorder campaigner Hope Virgo about why the medication could in fact prove detrimental to long term recovery.

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