23/02/2026
Eating disorders affect people of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and body sizes. They are serious mental health conditions — not lifestyle choices, not phases, and not simply about food or weight.
This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we’re thinking about the role we all play in shaping the culture around food, bodies, and health.
Awareness isn’t just about sharing statistics. It’s about looking at everyday conversations and asking:
Are we reinforcing harmful norms?
Are we commenting on bodies without thinking?
Are we equating weight with worth?
Are we praising restriction or “discipline”?
Are we assuming someone is “fine” because of how they look?
Healing happens in community. And harm can, too.
So this week (and every week), let’s work together to:
• Move away from before & after narratives
• Stop commenting on other people’s bodies — positively or negatively
• Avoid judging what others eat
• Challenge the idea that health is visible
• Recognise that body positivity isn’t accessible or helpful for everyone
• Understand that eating disorders are complex mental health conditions
Small shifts in language create safer spaces — in schools, workplaces, friendship groups, families, and online communities.
If you’re struggling, you are not alone.
If you’re supporting someone, your compassion matters.
If you’re learning, keep going.
Let’s build communities where people are valued for who they are — not how they look or what they eat.
