Body Image
Clearinghouse Connector – July 2010
This edition of the Clearinghouse Connector profiles information resources that explore the issue of body image.
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Overview
Gender impact assessment: women and body image
Body image and risk taking behaviours
Body image and development
Very young children’s body image: bodies and minds under construction
Dieting, body weight, body image and self-esteem in young women: doctors' dilemmas
Sexualisation and body image
Corporate paedophilia: sexualisation of children in Australia
Report of the APA taskforce on the sexualisation of girls
Supersexualize me!: advertising and ‘the midriffs’
Body image and the sexualisation of women and girls
Policy
National voluntary industry code of conduct on body image
A proposed national strategy on body image
Victorian voluntary media code of conduct on body image
Resources
Positive body image: a weight off my mind
Resources for planning no. 6: body image
Related websites
Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
How our Clearinghouse can help you
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Content Reviewed: 28 July
Last Updated: 28 July