55: Body Dissatisfaction is a Public Health Issue

Nadia and Jade speak with Dr Issy Bray (​Associate Head of Department for Research and Knowledge Exchange - Department of Health and Social Sciences, UWE Bristol) and Dr Helena Lewis-Smith (Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research, UWE Bristol) about body image from a public health perspective. Papers discussed by Issy, Helena, Amy and Anna Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Smith, A., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2019). Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours. Social Science & Medicine, 238, 112458. Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2020). Body dissatisfaction predicts the onset of depression among adolescent females and males: a prospective study. J Epidemiol Community Health. Lewis-Smith, H., Bray, I., Salmon, D., & Slater, A. (2020). Prospective Pathways to Depressive Symptoms and Disordered Eating in Adolescence: A 7-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(10), 2060-2074. Discussion Article Bray, I., Slater, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Bird, E., & Sabey, A. (2018). Promoting positive body image and tackling overweight/obesity in children and adolescents: A combined health psychology and public health approach. Preventive medicine, 116, 219-221. Times Article https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teenage-fears-over-appearance-linked-to-depression-in-girls-and-boys-9qh2vns78 Mental Health Foundation Report https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/body-image-report/exec-summary Women & Equalities Committee Body Image Survey https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmwomeq/805/80502.htm Watch Co-Director of CAR, Dr Amy Slater provide oral evidence here: https://committees.parliament.uk/event/2085/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter: twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Instagram: www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ On Facebook: www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch Please share, subscribe, rate and review. It really does mean a lot. Thank you! N & J x Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com Episode co-created by Jade and Nadia