Body Image
Clearinghouse Connector - May 2007
This edition of the Clearinghouse Connector profiles information resources that explore the issue of body image.
This edition includes a number of resources that focus on the current problem with body image, factors that influence it, impacts on both physical and mental health, and policies and programs that have been developed to improve body image.
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Information resources
Women's Health Victoria has produced a Body Image Gender Impact Assessment Paper. This resource demonstrates the disconnection between gendered evidence on body image and gender-blind policy and practice.
Planning a health promotion intervention to address body image? Evidence Based Health Promotion Resources for Planning, No. 6: Body Image describes programs on body image that have been implemented and evaluated by the Department of Human Services.
The Queen Victoria Women's Centre recently hosted a meeting of young women from across Victoria to set straight the beauty myths presented in the media. Read what happened.
Related websites
Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders
How our Clearinghouse can help you
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Content Reviewed: 1 May 2007
Last Updated: 1 March 2009