How To Help Your Child Understand Their Changing Body
How To Help Your Child Understand Their Changing Body Worldwide, an overwhelming amount of the population, children and adults alike, report struggling with body image
11/07/2023
Eating disorder carers unable to seek help for themselves despite need
MEDIA RELEASE June 22, 2023 Nearly 90% of eating disorder carers say their own physical and psychological well-being has declined as a result of their
22/06/2023
Eating disorder carers welcome $1.7 million in Federal Government funding for online peer support and counselling service
Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to fund a $1.7 million program designed to help carers better support a loved one
29/05/2023
Laying the Groundwork for Eating Disorders
System Reform in Australia While acknowledging funding provided in this year’s Federal Budget, members ofthe Eating Disorder Alliance of Australia (EDAA) have called on the
25/05/2023
EDFA unveils the ‘Hope’ pendant to raise awareness of the eating disorder carer journey
Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) will unveil a custom-designed pendant worth over $4,200 to launch its new annual ‘Recharge 4 Recovery’ campaign to raise awareness
25/05/2023
National Volunteer Week: Celebrating the heart and soul of EDFA
Volunteers are often described as the glue that holds a community together and nothing could be truer of Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA). Our organisation
11/05/2023
What’s really underneath my loved one’s food ‘refusal’?
How can I best support my child with food? Your loved one’s ‘non-compliance’ surrounding food may outwardly look like an act of defiance/resistance/unwillingness to engage
02/08/2022
How to re-phrase your compliments
…when talking to someone with an eating disorder. When someone has an eating disorder, compliments that are well intended can be triggering, and have unintended
28/07/2022
Recovery on a Continuum
‘You’re okay now, right”? A regular grocery trip on a Wednesday afternoon was interrupted when mum caught sight of a girl a bit older than
22/07/2022
Fundraising Champions
There are some incredible people doing incredible work to fundraise for EDFA. We call them our Fundraising Champions, and we are so grateful for their
13/07/2022