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Too Skinny for TV

"Psychologist believes seeing images of skinny performers affects the way women and girls eat." The Independent reports on a call for warning labels on TV programs.

“Aric Sigman, a British psychologist, is urging the Government to intervene over the prevalence of thin women on television because he believes there is clear evidence to show that the abundance of skinny women on screen has become a medical issue. He wants the Department of Health to issue ‘assertive guidance’ on the impact of images on female health, claiming the effects are strong and immediate. The relationship between media and body image has previously been treated as a psychological, cultural or political debate—as opposed to biological.”


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