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Chew and spit:high rate of eating disorder warning sign among school kids

The findings prompted researchers to question whether chewing and putting should be officially recognised as an eating disorder symptom,six years after it was removed from the diagnostic criteria.

  • byKate Aubusson

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New system for eating disorder treatment could expose patients to'great danger',experts warn

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  • byDana McCauley
'I was trapped':How God led actor Anna McGahan to make peace with her troubled past

'I was trapped':How God led actor Anna McGahan to make peace with her troubled past

She made a name playing the “sex girl”,but real life could not be more different for Anna McGahan. She talks about her journey from self-loathing to God.

  • byWendy Squires
I date my habit of eating in secret to when I was about eight

I date my habit of eating in secret to when I was about eight

My obsession with food started at age eight,taking the place of a mother’s love.

  • byAnonymous
Anorexia-suffering Perth mother'living example'of cracks in the health system

Anorexia-suffering Perth mother'living example'of cracks in the health system

A Perth mother has issued a desperate plea for reform of the state's health system,fearing that she is losing her lifelong battle with anorexia,and won't see her children grow up.

  • byEmma Young