Many people still don't know the signs someone has an eating disorder.
Of 2,108 adults surveyed by YouGov, 79% were unable to name psychological symptoms, such as low self-esteem or body dysmorphia.
But for yoga instructor James Downs, and blogger Aliss Bonython, this doesn't come as a surprise.
They both live with eating disorders and say a misconception around what that looks like has been very damaging.
James says he was diagnosed with anorexia when he was 15. He's now 28 and a healthy weight but tells Newsbeat he still deals with bulimia everyday.
"I've worked really hard to be a 'normal' weight and I look 'normal' - so people find my bulimia quite hard to understand.
"When I was really underweight, obviously people knew something was wrong, it was very visible that I was not okay."
Source : bbc
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