CREATING A SAFER BODY IMAGE ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
by bringing the latest body image research to the world
THE CHALLENGE
77%
of adolescents report body image distress (1)
91%
of adult women want to be thinner (2)
AGE 3
Children can tell us that 'thin is good and fat is bad' from the age of 3 (3)
For people involved in sport, fitness, performing arts and movement spaces
For academics, health professionals and fitness professionals
For school professionals and teachers
For parents, guardians and the whole family
WHAT WE DO
Creating Change and Impact
THE EMBRACE HUB
Creating and collating the best resources to help people feel better about their bodies
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Empowering professionals who work with people in relation to their bodies
CONSULTING
Working with businesses, brands and companies to take an innovative, inclusive approach
OUR SUPPORTERS
Denise Hamburger from Be Real USA
Professor Bryn Austin from the
Harvard University Strategic Prevention Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders [STRIPED]
Taryn Brumfitt from the
Body Image Movement
“The Body Confident Collective are not only creating solutions and solving problems for the community, but also creating solutions for researchers.
This can break ground and have real impact."
David Williamson
Chief Executive Officer at the Melbourne Innovation Centre
(of course there are references)
Milton, A., Hambleton, A., Roberts, A., Davenport, T., Flego, A., Burns, J., & Hickie, I. (2021). Body Image Distress and Its Associations From an International Sample of Men and Women Across the Adult Life Span: Web-Based Survey Study. JMIR Formative Research, 5(11), e25329.
Runfola, C. D., Von Holle, A., Trace, S. E., Brownley, K. A., Hofmeier, S. M., Gagne, D. A., & Bulik, C. M. (2013). Body dissatisfaction in women across the lifespan: Results of the UNC‐SELF and gender and body image (GABI) studies. European Eating Disorders Review, 21(1), 52-59.
Spiel, E. C., Paxton, S. J., & Yager, Z. (2012). Weight attitudes in 3-to 5-year-old children: Age differences and cross-sectional predictors. Body image, 9(4), 524-527.