Eating Disorders (Australia) Top 10 priorities (priority setting in association with the JLA)

(in no order of priority):

• How can GPs & other health professionals better identify disordered eating and the symptoms of all stages of all types of eating disorders, and intervene appropriately as part of routine practice?
• How do we ensure all Australians have equitable access to effective eating disorder treatments no matter where they live or what they can afford?
• What existing eating disorder services, treatments, or treatment factors have the best long-term outcomes?
• How can treatments be more individualized to consider diverse needs, stage of life, illness duration, type and diagnosis?
• What support and skills do families need to help their loved one at all ages and stages of treatment across the recovery journey?
• What are the barriers to early intervention and how can these be addressed?
• What are the positive and negative impacts of current treatment – how can we reduce the negative impact and increase the positive?
• How can public health messaging around healthy eating and weight be delivered without impacting on the development of eating disorders and inducing weight stigma?
• What are the key risk and protective factors and how do they impact on the development of (or the risk of developing) an eating disorder?
• Are there particular strategies parents/families can use that help prevent the development of an eating disorder?