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Bulimia Help? by Lydia Jade Turner Can new changes in the fashion industry assist with disordered eating? This article was first published on ABC’s Unleashed. Last week Youth and Sport Minister Kate Ellis revealed a new code of conduct for the fashion and advertising industries, backed by the Federal government, in what is claimed to [...]
This interview was conducted by author & social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist and was first published on her blog on 15 June 2010. BodyMatters: a health-based, not weight-based approach to eating and wellness. One of the privileges of the cause I’m engaged in is that I get to work with some of the best women [...]
by Lydia Jade Turner This article was first published on Online Opinion. The time to expose the dangers of the popular weight loss show The Biggest Loser is overdue. We need to look beyond the show’s manipulative emotionalism at exactly what messages it promotes about health and dealing with weight-related issues. Here are some of the [...]
By Sarah McMahon I am shocked that a research article published on last Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association has been picked up, mixed up and hyped up by mainstream media, suggesting that gastric banding is an appropriate solution for “obese” teenagers. The research is typical of what we are seeing coming from [...]
By Lydia Jade Turner This article was first published on ABC’s Unleashed. This week, another “weightloss” drug is pushed into the spotlight, as a result of the death of a “healthy” 19-year-old girl. The Australian teenager had been taking Reductil and reported feelings of “anxiety and jitteriness” before she died. Despite a two-year clinical trial showing [...]