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Latest book review – ‘Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want?’
Melinda Hutchings strikes again with a vital resource for the shelves of adolescents, parents, teachers and school counselors. If...
November 2
10 things not to say to someone with an eating disorder
by Lydia Jade Turner In our last post we discussed the ease at which one might accidentally distress an eating...
November 1
TV presenter upsets eating disorders sufferer
By Lydia Jade Turner One of the hardest things about eating disorders is that – as with any mental...
November 1
Learning to treat patients with respect
By Lydia Jade Turner Last month, a woman in her early twenties contacted me, distressed upon witnessing the mistreatment...
October 13
Eating disorders: The Eating Disorder Voice
Media reports on eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia nervosa often put a disproportionate amount of focus on the...
September 24
Nutritional Labels on Fast Food Items – a step in the right direction?
The NSW government will be holding a fast food forum on August 16 in a bid to reduce the...
August 4
Binge eating help: People who binge-eat but can't put on weight
Recently, A Current Affair interviewed BodyMatters’ Managing Director Sarah McMahon about binge eating disorder help and people who binge...
August 4
An interview with Lydia Jade Turner and Sarah McMahon from BodyMatters Australasia
This interview was conducted by author & social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist and was first published on her blog...
July 10
The Biggest Bully: TV show a loser for weight loss
by Lydia Jade Turner This article was first published on Online Opinion. The time to expose the dangers of...
July 10
Gastric banding and the ‘obesity’ industry
By Sarah McMahon I am shocked that a research article published on last Wednesday by the Journal of the American...
July 10