News & Views Katrina Gorry opens up about her eating disorder and how motherhood helped her recovery Australian soccer player Katrina Gorry opens up about an eating disorder she had for a number of years during her career.
Soapbox As someone with lived experience of an eating disorder, here’s why I don’t believe in banning social media for young people Diet culture content does not disappear when you turn 16, and young people, they will always find ways around a ban.
News & Views Experts want accountability from social media platforms as eating disorders reach a ‘critical juncture’ A number of urgent recommendations have been put forward to tackle rising body image issues and eating disorders among young people.
News & Views Over half of teenagers are dissatisfied with how their body looks and social media is making it worse Over half of teenagers are dissatisfied with how their body looks, with two-thirds wishing they were thinner or more muscular.
News & Views What does it take to be ‘sick enough’ when you have an eating disorder? 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.
Women's Health News ‘The system is so bad’: Eating disorder programs receive $70 million government funding To better support eating disorder treatment, the government has announced this week that $70 million in grants will go towards programs.
Life It’s 2023, can we please stop talking about bodies? 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.
News & Views ‘We must act urgently’: Calls for more action on eating disorders In the past three years, the number of children and young people struggling with an eating disorder has exploded.
Women's Health News Globally, 30 per cent of girls show disordered eating, new study finds New research looking at the global proportion of disordered eating in children and adolescents found 30% of girls show disordered eating.
Health Maddy Tyers was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa as a teen. Now, she wants to open up an honest dialogue about body image Maddy Tyers was just eight years old when she first began to develop an unhealthy relationship with food and toxic behaviours around eating.
News & Views Don’t Comment On What Strangers Are Eating At least, unsolicited food policing is rude. At worst, it’s dangerous and triggering, says psychologist Sherisse Cohen.
Health COVID has presented unique challenges for people with eating disorders. They’ll need support beyond the pandemic Data from around the world, including Australia, indicate the pandemic has made things more difficult for people with eating disorders.
