BEWT in the Media
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Professor Leah Brennan
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Press Coverage and Featured Articles
Extreme diets, mindsets: January 'a perfect storm for unhealthy goal setting'
18 January 2025
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'Professor Brennan said it was important to step back and think about personal goals away from the messaging and making small achievable steps.
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"That can be really tricky to do, particularly in the context of all the messaging we get about these dramatic, life-changing, short-term kind of things."
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She encourages anyone who may be impacted by the messaging and struggling to think about how to make sustainable changes to talk to a health psychologist.'
Eating disorder risks elevated among women with PCOS
8 August 2024
"Women with the common reproductive and metabolic condition polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) face a greater risk of developing bulimia, binge eating disorder and disordered eating, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
PCOS affects roughly one in eight women. Women who have the condition face an increased risk of developing metabolic problems such as diabetes, reproductive issues such as infertility, and psychological issues including anxiety and depression..."
Jelena Dokic has been body-shamed at every size. She has a message for the trolls.
11 June 2024
"...Clinical and health psychologist Leah Brennan is a Professor at La Trobe University Body Image, Eating and Weight Clinical Research Team and a Director at the Centre for Eating, Weight and Body Image.
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Speaking with Mamamia previously, Brennan noted: "Making people feel bad about their weight [a form of weight stigma] is associated with poorer health outcomes. The experience of weight stigma creates chronic stress, which directly impacts on both physical and psychological wellbeing..."
Urgent call for funds to support vital eating disorder treatment on the Border​
25 May 2024
"​A ground-breaking project delivering free treatment for eating disorders on the Border needs an urgent injection of funding to continue its life-changing work.
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The ED10 study, which began in August last year and offers freetreatment to people with mild to moderate eating disorders, is part of a landmark move to address the escalating health crisis in ruraland regional communities..."
La Trobe Wodonga calls for participants to join pilot study to treat eating disorders
1 September 2023
"A trained team is on standby at Wodonga ready to deliver free treatment to people seeking help with an eating disorder.
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Researchers at La Trobe University and Eating Disorders Victoria are recruiting participants for a program offering community-based treatment to people with mild to moderate eating disorders..."
Border residents are being turned away from eating disorder help
13 March 2022
"...Early intervention and local support is vital, according to La Trobe University Associate Professor, Leah Brennan.
"If people with an eating disorder can access effective treatment as soon as possible after the onset of the eating disorder they have a very good chance of making a full recovery."..."
