Topical Teaching

I think all teachers should be trained to see the signs and implored to report any student behaviour which may lead to anorexia:

AUSTRALIA’S obsession with obesity is feeding deadly eating disorders which are claiming victims as young as 7, including an increasing number of boys.

Experts told a national eating disorders conference on the Gold Coast yesterday of a “toxic culture” of body image which is causing huge physical, psychological and financial harm.

Obsessive dieting was costing lives and almost $70 billion a year in health and productivity expenses, the Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference staged by the Australian and NZ Mental Health Association heard.

Christine Morgan, CEO of l eating disorders charity The Butterfly Foundation, said Australian children as young as seven were being hospitalised for anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

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Tags: anorexia nervosa and bulimia, Body Image, Body Image and boys, body image and children, Body Image and girls, Childhood Obesity, Eating Disorders, Obesity, The Butterfly Foundation

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