A new film about a girl's battle with anorexia has been accused of glamorising eating disorders.

Netflix's To the Bone stars Lily Collins, who plays 20-year-old Ellen and Keanu Reeves as one of the doctors who treats the student.

Collins underwent extensive weight loss and has said it was something she "decided to do as an actor for a role".

The movie has faced widespread criticism, including calls for it to be banned as shows weight loss methods as well as emaciated bodies.

The charity Beat has said the film "does not represent the reality of those suffering with or finding treatment for an eating disorder".

"We were disappointed that at many points in the movie Ellen's family were depicted as the main cause of her eating disorder, where, in fact, eating disorders are complex, with no one single cause, and there is clear evidence that genetic and biological factors play a role."

But the charity also acknowledged that many people affected will identify with the themes depicted.

Eating disorders are often blamed on social and peer pressures to be thin but the causes are generally more complex.

They may associated with biological, genetic or environmental factors or a particular event that triggers the onset of the disorder.

There are several different types of eating disorders:

Source: NHS Choices

Signs and symptoms of an eating disorder

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