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Bye bye BMI: Food and wellbeing education in schools overhauled to prevent eating disorders in young people
Food and nutrition education in schools will be overhauled in 2024 and 2025, after a successful advocacy campaign for changes to the Australian Curriculum to prevent eating disorders.
Outgoing Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt reaches more than 1 million kids
Taryn Brumfitt and The Embrace Collective are delighted to announce the Embrace message has been shared with more than one million Australian children.
Let’s keep Aussie kids in community sports with Embrace Sport Playbook released in time for pre-season planning
The Embrace Collective today released the Embrace Sport Playbook, a practical guide to building better body image in community sport.
World-first early childhood program offers new hope for prevention of body image issues and eating disorders
The Embrace Collective launches a groundbreaking new program for early childhood educators, Body Blocks by Embrace Kids.
Reframing how we think about makeup and skin care
It’s not about trying to make ourselves look a certain way or meet unattainable standards, but about taking the time to nurture and care for ourselves.
Five things you’ll need to explain to your kids once you’ve seen the Barbie movie
The year’s biggest movie is lots of fun - but it’s also a giant learning opportunity and chance for some powerful conversations afterwards.
We need to talk about weight and health
There’s nothing like a morning spent on talkback radio to figure out how far we have come in our conversations about bodies, and how far we have to go.
The Embrace Collective celebrates Albanese Government funding
The Albanese Government has announced a $6.2 million funding package to combat body image issues and eating disorders.
What change looks like: improving how we talk about bodies
The Embrace Hub’s new resource helps people navigate appearance-based comments and conversations ahead of Easter catch-ups.
Reducing appearance pressure in the workplace
How we can get back to focusing on what we are contributing and achieving at work, rather than what we look like.
Why online abuse is so dangerous - and how we can take action against it
What happened to ‘If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all’? The internet.
Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt and Dr Zali Yager lead new body image initiative
The Embrace Collective brings together a global network of experts, advocates, leaders, young people and creatives to drive change.
The power of prevention: How we can overcome rising rates of eating disorders
When it comes to eating disorders and related body image issues, treatment is just one piece of the puzzle - prevention is vital too.
Taryn Brumfitt named 2023 Australian of the Year
Taryn Brumfitt has been named 2023 Australian of the Year.