Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 1
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Initiate comprehensive cross-government strategy to tackle growing problem of body dissatisfaction and its consequences.
Recommendation
We urge the Government to immediately initiate a comprehensive cross-government strategy that brings together, at the very least, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for Education to tackle the current growing problem of body dissatisfaction and its related health, educational and social consequences. This strategy should include, but not be limited, to education about self-worth, body positivity, critical thinking and appraising images, as well as wider health advice such spotting signs and symptoms of eating disorders, anxiety and depression and body dysmorphia, within educational, health and online/media settings. (Paragraph 14) What drives poor body image and who does it impact?
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 7 February 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗