Dr Michelle Boyd

Dr Michelle Boyd is a general paediatrician based at the Queensland Children’s Hospital and Child and Youth Mental Health Service Eating Disorders Program. She has been working in paediatrics for over 20 years and specifically with young people with eating disorders for 12 years. She is passionate about providing compassionate and holistic care to young people and their families using a strong evidence-based approach to treatment and assessment. She currently leads the inpatient care of the eating disorders cohort at Queensland Children’s Hospital and currently contributes to many local, statewide and national eating disorders training and education forums.

Disordered Eating in Higher Weights

Disordered eating is prevalent in our society. We want to approach conversations in ways that promote healthy relationships with food.

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Private Sector Pathways winner, Charter Studio

Winning solution designed to help Queenslanders find the right health support sooner

Charter Studio proposes to make Queensland’s free and low-cost preventive health programs easier to find and simpler to access.
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Teacher shows children how to cut up vegetables in school kitchen

Pick of the Crop Kitchen brings schools together in Toowoomba 

Students from 7 schools across the Darling Downs came together at Rockville State School for the Pick of the Crop
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School kid rolls out dough in school kitchen

Growing healthier futures at The Willows State School

At The Willows State School in Townsville, our Pick of the Crop initiative is helping make healthy eating part of
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Young baby being measured

New child and family health e-training strengthens capability

Queensland’s child and family health workforce has access to a free new e-learning package about preventive health during the first
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Woman walking with handbag and man walking with his bike along a train station platform.

From walking to gardening, every move counts in statewide challenge

Health and Wellbeing Queensland prevention partner 10,000 Steps is encouraging Queenslanders to find ways to increase physical activity as part
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HWQld Pick of the Crop children working in the outdoor school garden

The case for early screening: addressing the rise of type 2 diabetes in children

With nearly 1.3 million Australians living with type 2 diabetes and more than 300 new cases diagnosed daily, diabetes is

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