Useful Links and Resources

GENERAL BODY IMAGE AND WELL-BEING

Data Sheet: Clean eating: Dispelling the myths around healthy eating - click here.

Publication: A selection of useful resources from the Mental Health Foundation in the UK in relation to looking after our mental health, including ‘how can we protect, promote and maintain body image’ - click here.

Guide: This resource provides some useful information about preparing for university whilst living with or recovering from an eating disorder - click here.

Guide: This resource provides some useful information about navigating social media and smartphone apps and changing the way that we engage with them - click here.

Podcast: Listen to Dr. Hazel Wallace and registered nutritionist Laura Thomas discuss diet culture, body neutrality and intuitive eating - click here.

Podcast: Positive body image: Listen to the hosts of the Appearance Matters podcast interview Dr. Tracy Tylka about positive body image and discuss relevant research studies on this topic - click here.

Podcast: Listen to psychotherapist Sharon Martin discuss ways of adding more self-compassion into your life - click here.

Podcast: Listen to dietitians Corrine Dobbas and Fiona Sutherland talk about body image and body image healing - click here.

Podcast: Listen to the hosts interview personal trainer Tally Rye about the concept of ‘Intuitive Movement’ - click here.

Article: The Telegraph reports that one third of young women are not attending for smear tests due to body image concerns - click here.

Article: This article on A Lust For Life website discusses modern gym culture and male body image. It touches on the pressure that this culture can place on men to adhere to a certain ideal body shape and size.

YOUNG PEOPLE

Website: See spunout.ie for more tips from young people on maintaining positive mental health at - click here.

MEN AND BODY IMAGE

Document: America’s National Eating Disorders Association’s document on enhancing male body image - click here.

Podcast: On the following episode of the Appearance Matters podcast, the topic of male body image and the eating disorder muscle dysmorphia are discussed - click here.

Video: The following resource is a TED Talk given by researcher Dr. Scott Griffiths on the topic of muscle dysmorphia - click here.

Website: Further information about men & eating disorders - click here.

Article: Gym culture and male body image pressure - click here.

WOMEN AND BODY IMAGE - PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM

Podcast: Body confident mums: Listen to the hosts of the Appearance Matters podcast interview “body image experts” Dr Zali Yager, Dr Laura Hart, and Dr Ivanka Prichard about postpartum body image - click here.

FOR PARENTS

Website: Cyber Safe Ireland. For general information on safe internet use.

Website: Be Safe Online. This web page provides access to a wide range of Online Safety resources, to support online safety for all. It has a section for parents/guardians and also a section for children and young people.

Website: The digital age of consent in Ireland is 16. To read more about what this means - click here.

Website: Promoting self compassion in children and teens - click here.

Podcast: Click here to listen to Dr. Charlotte Markey discuss what parents can do if they are concerned about their child’s social media use.

Podcast: Listen to registered dietitians Heather Mangieri and Amy Reed discuss the topic of body image in boys - click here.

YouTube: This video contains a reading of the book Listening to my Body by Gabi Garcia, a useful resource for teaching children to tune in to their body’s internal signals - click here.

Book: Anne McCormack: Keeping your child safe on social media. Five Easy Steps. Orpen Press. (2017).

Article: Click here to read this article from A Lust for Life – helping your teen to appreciate little things in life and encouraging them to consume less media on their various devices.

Article: The Guardian - The following article describes why many young people are making the choice to delete social media.

Article: Anne McCormack: 7 Steps to keep your child safe online – click here.

Article: The Guardian. ‘Revealed: the more time that children chat on social media, the less happy they feel’ – April 2017.

Article: Irish Independent. ‘Irish psychotherapist on the impact of social media on teens: ‘They’re presenting with clinical levels of anxiety that are having a debilitating impact on their lives’. 2016.

Article: The Guardian. ‘Photo-altering apps a ‘rabbit-hole’ for young girls, Teen Vogue editor says’. May 2017.