Beyond Ozempic:How weight loss drugs could change the world

Beyond Ozempic:How weight loss drugs could change the world

Imagine a world in the near future where safe,effective weight loss drugs are widespread and larger bodies have become unusual. Is this a vision to be cheered or feared?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

Latest

Taryn Brumfitt and the body-positivity movement:All you need is love?

Taryn Brumfitt and the body-positivity movement:All you need is love?

Being Australian of the Year has given the body-love campaigner a great platform for promoting her message. Do the facts back up the buzz?

  • byJane Cadzow
Mums influence how kids feel about their bodies. Here’s how to make it positive

Mums influence how kids feel about their bodies. Here’s how to make it positive

New research has found mothers have a unique influence on body image,particularly when it comes to their daughters.

  • bySarah Berry
When I did ballet,my doctor would ask:‘What’s wrong with you aside from the anorexia?’
Opinion
Wellbeing

When I did ballet,my doctor would ask:‘What’s wrong with you aside from the anorexia?’

Without an evolution,ballet will be left behind by more evolved art forms to die a slow and painful death.

  • byEmma Sullivan
Katya is in recovery for anorexia. One factor is making it much harder

Katya is in recovery for anorexia. One factor is making it much harder

An Australian study found users with eating disorders were shown a median of 497 appearance-oriented,460 dieting-oriented and 461 exercise-oriented videos every week.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
‘He forces himself to eat more’:One mum’s struggle with her son’s ‘bigorexia’

‘He forces himself to eat more’:One mum’s struggle with her son’s ‘bigorexia’

Worries about muscularity and body image are affecting more boys than ever before.

  • bySally Leeds*
Advertisement
World-first program examining eating disorders brings hope for patients and families
Exclusive
National

World-first program examining eating disorders brings hope for patients and families

A Monash University-led eating disorder research project will roll out world-first clinical trials including using brain stimulation,hormone therapy and novel treatments to target biological causes,and bring hope for the 1 million Australians living with an eating disorder.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Dodgy health claims and nudity:Instagram’s top fitness influencers under fire

Dodgy health claims and nudity:Instagram’s top fitness influencers under fire

A quarter of the images examined were sexualised or contained nudity highlighting the need for influencers to better understand what they’re giving their audience.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
One million Australians suffer from an eating disorder. So is this the message young women need?

One million Australians suffer from an eating disorder. So is this the message young women need?

Tokenistic body positivity may be doing more harm than good as young women grapple with body dysmorphia amid mixed messaging through social media.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘I felt like I went from parent to prison officer’:The impact of eating disorders

‘I felt like I went from parent to prison officer’:The impact of eating disorders

Parents of children with eating disorders are quitting their jobs,leaving their partners and developing anxiety and depression as they grapple with their children’s illnesses.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘It’s collapsing families’:Eating disorders affect children as young as eight
Exclusive
Hospitals

‘It’s collapsing families’:Eating disorders affect children as young as eight

Parents cry out for specialist support as clinicians say some children are repeatedly hospitalised in a dire condition and re-fed,only to lose weight again once discharged.

  • byAisha Dow