eating disorders

Diet culture content does not disappear when you turn 16, and young people, they will always find ways around a ban.

A number of urgent recommendations have been put forward to tackle rising body image issues and eating disorders among young people. 

Over half of teenagers are dissatisfied with how their body looks, with two-thirds wishing they were thinner or more muscular.

21-year-old Varsha Yajman reflects on her experiences with an eating disorder, and her feelings of never being ‘sick enough’ to be taken seriously.

To better support eating disorder treatment, the government has announced this week that $70 million in grants will go towards programs.

Body commentary isn’t just reserved for the red carpet – it’s in our offices, shops, schools and group chats. It’s time to change the conversation.

In the past three years, the number of children and young people struggling with an eating disorder has exploded.

New research looking at the global proportion of disordered eating in children and adolescents found 30% of girls show disordered eating.

Maddy Tyers was just eight years old when she first began to develop an unhealthy relationship with food and toxic behaviours around eating.

At least, unsolicited food policing is rude. At worst, it’s dangerous and triggering, says psychologist Sherisse Cohen.

Data from around the world, including Australia, indicate the pandemic has made things more difficult for people with eating disorders.

In Beauty, a new essay by Bri Lee, she explores our obsession with thinness and how prolific the pursuit of physical perfection has become.