Putting the Merry into Christmas – Body+Soul interview Sarah
Putting the Merry into Christmas – Body+Soul interview Sarah
Recently, co-director Sarah McMahon was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph’s Body+Soul, about how to manage stressors that often accompany...
December 30
Breaking babies' bones: Radio 4CRB 89.3FM interviews Lydia about the growing 'obesity crisis'
Recently there have been a spate of headlines fueling hysteria towards the obesity epidemic: “Doctors forced to break babies...
December 9
Christmas is fun … isn't it?
Christmas can be TOUGH when you have an eating disorder…Firstly, summer in Australia means sun, surf and swimmers. So...
December 1
Eek! I think someone at my gym has an eating disorder!
At BodyMatters we have recently had an influx of enquiries from people who frequent gyms and have noticed other...
November 25
Would a diagnosis by any other name taste as sour?
In Australia, eating disorders are diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and feature a cluster of behaviours...
November 22
Anorexia Kills Girls: don't say you love it
Today’s post is written by BodyMatters’ friend and colleague Melinda Tankard Reist. Melinda...
November 6
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