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.
News & Views How the pursuit of physical perfection diminishes us all In Beauty, a new essay by Bri Lee, she explores our obsession with thinness and how prolific the pursuit of physical perfection has become.
News & Views How two young women inspired me to open up about an eating disorder Recently I was fortunate enough to meet two vibrant young women from Melbourne who have just begun their business startup journey.