内容摘要：The Augustinian missionary worked for decades with the poor and marginalised in Peru, where he obtained nationality in 2015.

The Augustinian missionary worked for decades with the poor and marginalised in Peru, where he obtained nationality in 2015.

"My parents work in the mental health sector so it has been a part of my life for as long as I have been alive and I've also struggled with my own mental health battles."Mr Berry was diagnosed with anorexia as a schoolboy and missed out on large portions of education due to having to spend time "in and out of hospital".

According to the Priory charity, about 25% of those affected by an eating disorder are male, while about 10% of all people affected by an eating disorder suffer from anorexia nervosa.Beat Eating Disorders said anorexia nervosa had the highest mortality rate of any mental illness."Still now there is not much support and I think people don't understand the illness and it can be judged in unfair ways, in males, especially," Mr Berry told the BBC.

"Anorexia is the most deadly of all mental illnesses, but I am fully recovered now and I don't want it to become my identity."I've found myself now and, while it made me who I am, it doesn't define me - I am Cooper."

Mr Berry, who recently ran 49 miles (79km) across Lanzarote and completed the Berlin Marathon, has 265 days of the challenge left to complete.

"I've been running for the majority of my life now, so it's just all about knowing when to put your foot on the accelerator and when to take it off," he said.Laura Doel from the school leaders' union NAHT Cymru, said "improved self-evaluation and planning is crucial" but "schools are grappling with this amid ongoing pressures, including persistent recruitment challenges and serious funding pressures."

She said the union is "particularly concerned" about pupil absences, difficulties recruiting teachers and support staff and called for "increased government investment in schools and support for families".Angharad Pari-Williams now teaches humanities at Ysgol David Hughes on Anglesey after completing the scheme.

Ms Pari-Williams, who used to be a primary school teacher, said: "With the new Curriculum for Wales being so cross-curricular I found my experience in primary teaching to be really useful in my new role."I wanted a new challenge and wanted to see if my skills in primary school could be transferred with me to secondary."