Our own Vani Kakar urges attendees at Appearance Matters 11 to take seriously social class arising discrimination as a contributer to body image and eating concerns.
The look we are expected to present costs.
#AM11
Perspectives in Body Image
The PIBI team is spread across the world. This week, Vani met Lynda and Liz in person for the first time at Appearance Matters 11!
Great chance to chat about plans for PIBI2027 - more news coming very soon!
And that's a wrap!
160 delegates, 100 presenters, 15 countries, and all 6 continents! 3 marvellous days of body image research!
Thanks to all who organised, submitted, attended and engaged.
And congrats to our prize winners! 🏆
See you in 2027!
and second, Helena Lewis-Smith puts forward guidelines for conducting inclusive body image research. Important reflections on how all in research - even 'objective' quantitative work - choices should be made reflexively, with user/participant input, and with end use in mind from the start.
Using those guiding principles, Helena then put out the specific guidelines.
Some great points made about the implicit biases in sampling strategies, measure choice, publishing outlets, even the order in which we list groups (or authors!) in our work.
Save the date!
The second PiBI will bring together body image researchers from around the globe for an accessible, online conference once more on the 21st-23rd September 2027!
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For our final activity at PIBI, a workshop on future directions. First @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social presents recent reflections in a Delphi process on where we need to go with research to understand body image experience and development in childhood.
