At BodyMatters we are serious about the prevention and treatment of eating disorders and unhealthy weight loss behaviours.
Our main aims include advocating for greater access to treatment for eating disorder sufferers, and changing the cultural attitudes that contribute to dysfunctional eating patterns.
Soon we will be launching a non-profit advocacy group called BodyUnion. BodyUnion will expose corporations, marketers, advertisers, and media that cause harm by promoting rigid body ideals, false information about health and diet, while inducing bodily anxieties – all in the name of maximising profits.
Inspired by the BugaUp campaigns of the 1970s against the tobacco fat-cats, BodyUnion will take an avant-garde approach to activism. It will comprise of individuals, organisations, and community-groups – all working together in the fight for public health.
We hope you will join us. Keep watching this space!
