Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, Phd

This week on the pod Laura’s chatting to Dr Amy Slater, body image researcher at University of West England.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ Thin ideal internalisation + its  physical and psychological consequences  ✨ How social media holds certain body types up as the ideal + can leave us feeling dissatisfied ✨ The fact that labelling images as digitally altered is not actually helpful in reducing comparison + dissatisfaction and can actually backfire ✨ How advertising in traditional media + social media can impact body image  ✨ That even positive feedback about appearance impacts negatively on our body image  ✨ What social comparison is + how this has changed with social media ✨ The consequences of viewing fitspiration + self-objectification on Instagram  ✨ How we can curate a social media feed that's supportive of positive body image Show Notes {SIGN UP TO OUR JUST EAT IT ONLINE COURSE!} {BUY MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Amy on T