Ms Jacinta Hastings:

Bodywhys was founded in 1995. It was started by two families who happened to find themselves in the same situation so both had a teenager who had been hospitalised and diagnosed with anorexia. The families sought information to educate and equip themselves as much as possible but soon realised that there was nothing available here. They went to the UK to see how a relatively new organisation called Beat Eating Disorders was run and came back here to set up Bodywhys. The two families were very involved at the start and still very much support the organisation.