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This year
2024
RTÉ advertise Operation Transformation sponsorship at 30% less than it charged Department of Health
Last year
2023
Parenting: Tips for supporting children and young people with body image issues
Fiona Flynn
Department of Health no longer a sponsor of RTÉ's Operation Transformation
All time
Progress made on eating disorder services 'somewhat slow', politicians to be told
Cycling 6,000km to Athens after conquering a heart condition, depression and an eating disorder
'The eating disorder crept in': Kilkenny twins on their experience dealing with anorexia during lockdown
'More and more students are coping with anxiety through either restricting their eating or binge eating'
Dr Aoife O'Sullivan
People with eating disorders presenting more unwell since pandemic
Extra funding promised for eating disorder services last year was spent elsewhere
Advice for people with eating disorders, and their loved ones, this Christmas
Compromise and having a 'code word': How to make Christmas easier for people with eating disorders
'It takes over a person's life': How clean eating can go too far
Maeve Madden got real about her struggles with body dysmorphia on the 'gram
'Recovery is possible': A third of people seeking help for eating disorders have had one for over 10 years
Increasing numbers of older people are suffering from eating disorders
89% increase in middle-aged people seeking help for eating disorders
'An eating disorder is often an incredibly isolating experience'
Increase in the number of men in their 20s and 30s with eating disorders
Over 92% increase in people looking for help over eating disorders
Woman walks 364k in a bikini to raise awareness of eating disorders
Men being treated for eating disorders up 67% in the last five years
Fad diet books encouraging "dangerous thinking" about body image
Online programme to support teens with self-esteem issues