General Article 7 factors influencing your body image

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!-- [if gte vml 1] ![endif]--!-- [if !vml]-- By Harriet Frew, MSc; MBACP Accred

T he development of your body image begins from birth. Many unconscious and conscious messages become woven into your psyche, these then influencing yourbeliefs and perceptions about your body.

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In Western culture, there is a definite preference towards a thinner physique, for women. This preference became particularly amplified in the 1960s, with slen...

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