6: Body Image Interventions

In this episode, we talk about some of the work that is being done by CAR and our collaborators to improve the body image of girls and young women globally. This episode features two special guests: Dr Eric Stice and Jenny Giangrande. Dr Eric Stice, based at the Oregon Research Institute, is a keynote speaker at our Appearance Matters 7 conference and is one of the leading figures in eating disorder prevention. We talk to Eric about his career, his role at AM7 and find out more about his well-established, evidence-based body image intervention programme, ‘The Body Project’. Jenny Giangrande, a programme manager at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, talks to us about the global dissemination of a body image intervention, ‘Free Being Me’ – a four-way collaboration with the Oregon Research Institute, the Dove Self Esteem Project, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and the Centre for Appearance Research. To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research: www.uwe.ac.uk/car To register for the Appearance Matters 7 Conference in London this June: www.uwe.ac.uk/appearancematters Music is by the Bristol-based percussionist, David Insua-Cao. http://www.davidinsuacao.com Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock