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The UK's leading eating disorder charity has called for the sale of laxatives to children to be more strictly regulated.
Beat estimates 80% of those affected by eating disorders in the UK have misused laxatives in order to lose weight.
It says supermarkets have done nothing to restrict sales of the medicine to young people.
UK supermarkets say their sale of laxatives complies with regulation set by the medicines regulator, the MHRA.
Beat says eating disorders most commonly develop during adolescence.
Teens are turning to stimulant laxatives believing they can quickly lose weight, with some children known to be taking dozens of laxative pills on a daily basis, they say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29627112
Beat estimates 80% of those affected by eating disorders in the UK have misused laxatives in order to lose weight.
It says supermarkets have done nothing to restrict sales of the medicine to young people.
UK supermarkets say their sale of laxatives complies with regulation set by the medicines regulator, the MHRA.
Beat says eating disorders most commonly develop during adolescence.
Teens are turning to stimulant laxatives believing they can quickly lose weight, with some children known to be taking dozens of laxative pills on a daily basis, they say.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29627112
