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Eating Disorders Alliance (EDA) says school nurses weighing children will create more harm than good
The Eating Disorders Alliance (EDA) has expressed significant concerns over recent advice published by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) regarding the “normalisation of collection and discussion of height and weight data of all children". This advice will exacerbate weight stigma, encourage disordered eating and foster body dissatisfaction – key risk factors in the development of an eating disorder.
Kindly Do, Kindly Don’t: Butterfly Foundation invites you to consider the impact of your words and behaviour this Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Australia’s leading charity for eating disorders and body image, Butterfly Foundation, is using Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (BIEDAW), September 2-8, to share important reminders of what Australians should and shouldn’t say, think, or do when it comes to bodies, appearance and eating disorders.
Teaching them a BodyKind lesson: Majority of Aussie students report being teased about their appearance
This International Friendship Day, Butterfly Foundation is calling on schools to teach students to be BodyKind, as 77% of 12-to18-year-olds report appearance teasing at school.
Butterfly Foundation appoints Think HQ as its retained communications partner
After a competitive pitch process, Butterfly Foundation - Australia’s leading charity for Australians impacted by eating disorders and body image issues - has announced positive change agency, Think HQ as its new communications partner.
Eating disorder sector present Government with urgent recommendations to improve protections for young people on social media
Butterfly Foundation, the national charity for eating disorders, in alignment with industry experts and select MPs, is calling on the Government to take immediate action to support young people in Australia when it comes to body image and mental health issues exacerbated by social media.
Eating Disorders Alliance Welcomes Ban on Compounded GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
The Eating Disorders Alliance (EDA), a coalition of leading eating disorder organisations in Australia and New Zealand, is encouraged to see the impact of our national advocacy campaign to address the significant medical risks posed by inappropriately promoted or prescribed weight loss products, particularly compounded GLP-1 receptor agonist analogues (GLP-1RAs).
Body dissatisfaction is stopping nearly half of young people in Australia from going to school
Butterfly’s second annual Body Kind Youth Survey reveals young people in Australia are calling for more support to tackle body image issues and its impact on their daily lives.
Welcome support for critical body image programs, but investment for preventing and treating eating disorders comes up short
Butterfly’s vision is that ‘all people in Australia can live free of eating disorders and negative body image.’ As a not-for-profit charity, we cannot do this without significant government investment. We respond to the Federal Budget 2024-25
Pause before you post: Social media ‘appearance-led’ content impacting Australians’ body image.
Butterfly Foundation, the national charity for eating disorders and body image issues, have partnered with Instagram to encourage ‘conscious creation’ as new research shows the unintended impact content can have on Australians’ body image.
Significant improvements to mental and physical health for people with an eating disorder treated at Wandi Nerida
Newly released independent clinical and economic evaluations of Wandi Nerida, Butterfly Foundation’s first community-based private hospital for eating disorders, demonstrate treatment success across mental and physical health measures with expected longer-term benefits.
New research reveals dangerous gap in Australians’ understanding of eating disorders
Butterfly Foundation is launching a new online screening tool to help the nine in ten people not confident in spotting signs and symptoms of an eating disorder.
Eating Disorders Alliance (EDA) advocates for action on compounded weight loss drugs
The Eating Disorders Alliance (EDA), an alliance of major eating disorder organisations in Australia and New Zealand, will write to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler to seek the removal of weight loss drugs from manufacture in compounding pharmacies to protect those vulnerable to eating disorders.
