Why Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness week?
Eating disorders have a significant and underestimated impact on Australian society.
They are estimated to affect approximately 9% of the Australian population. These estimates do not take into consideration the frequent under-reporting and under-treatment of eating disorders.
The impact of an eating disorder is not only felt by the individual, but often by that person’s entire family or circle of support. Research conducted by NEDC suggested that most young people in Australia know at least one other young person who they think might have an eating disorder.
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