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Posted: 2024-10-23 07:34:25

“There’s only a very, very few kinds of bodies that we feel like we’re used to seeing ... anything that is outside of those bounds is more often than not, played for a joke … like older people at the beach wearing a bikini,” said Parrott.

“The idea of placing a whole range of bodies in front of an audience, not in a sexualised way, not in a judgmental way, but to say, ‘hey, remember, like, this is what bodies can look like,’ I think that’s really powerful and really cool.”

“It’s a really unflinching way of reminding people of all the internalised feelings that they can have about bodies just putting them in front of you, your eyes and saying, ‘how does this make you feel?’”

Sarah Cox, manager of eating disorder and body positivity organisation Butterfly’s National Helpline, said portraying diverse bodies across popular culture can help discourage weight stigma.

“Seeing body diversity … can also help to reduce body dissatisfaction, which we know is a big contributor to the development of an eating disorder,” said Cox.

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