Advocates say the unique needs of the LGBTIQ+ community have been neglected in treatment and diagnoses of eating disorders and body image issues.
Research shows the LGBTIQ+ community may be disproportionately impacted by eating disorders.
"It snowballed into becoming very, very rigid around exercise initially, and restrictive around eating, but I didn't really have insight into what was going on for a long time. I just thought I was doing the things I was meant to stay healthy and well."Mia spent years battling a secret eating disorder. Social media is her next big fight
"I lost my period for the best part of 10 years, but I had no concern over that until I needed to put on weight to be able to have kids."While Anna, now 41, considers themselves recovered, they say it took years to understand their gender identity and eating disorder. "But often people don't present to services because they don't necessarily feel welcome or understood, and also maybe presentations are different from what we might expect."Dr Miskovic-Wheatley is leading the IncludED Study, the first Australian LGBTIQ+ community-wide survey designed to build an understanding of disordered eating and eating disorder diagnoses.
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