The following webinar will be shown to students in SPHE classes next week as part of the annual event; Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025. The theme for this year is ‘All Stories Matter’.
This webinar is suitable for all students and will promote awareness and understanding of eating disorders, how to support a friend and the support services available.
The webinar for secondary school students and staff will: –
v Promote awareness and understanding of eating disorders
v Highlight the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder
v Explain how an eating disorder impacts a person’s life emotionally, psychologically and physically
v Discuss risk factors including negative body image, low self esteem, dieting, exercise, peer pressure
v Recovery and treatment
v How to support a friend
v Support Options
For further information on the supports that Bodywhys has for students, please visit their website here https://www.bodywhys.ie/for-professionals/school-talks/ for secondary schools.
There is also information for teachers/youth workers, parents, students, and carers on their dedicated body image website; https://www.bodywhysbodyimage.ie/
If any parent has any concerns around this topic and their daughter being present for this webinar, please make the school aware by contacting us.
Thank you.
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