Body Image Report - Parliament of Victoria

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T ERMS OF R EFERENCE The Governor in Council, under section 4F of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1968, requests that the: Family and Community Development Committee of Parliament inquire into, consider and report to Parliament on issues relating to the development of body image among young people and associated effects on their health and wellbeing. The Committee is requested to: 1. Identify factors which contribute to the development of body image among young people; 2. Consider: • the role of the media, family, the peer group and other potential factors in the development of body image; • other factors that impact on body image; • the associated health and other impacts of eating disorders, steroid use, and other manifestations of problematic body image, on young people; • gender differences in the development of problematic body image. 3. Analyse available medical research on the linkages between mental health and problematic body imagery; 4. Identify good practice in the promotion of positive body image among young people and how risk factors associated with negative body image can be combated; 5. Identify possible improvements to health promotion campaigns aimed at young people, that promote positive body image and self esteem; 6. Investigate the extent to which promoting positive body image and self esteem among young people can help to prevent associated health risks iii
INQUIRY INTO ISSUES RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BODY IMAGE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED EFFECTS ON THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING such as potentially dangerous weight loss methods, eating disorders, steroid use, exercise dependence or avoidance, obesity and mental ill health; 7. Consider whether further strategies are needed to enhance and promote positive body images among young people and, if so, what form the strategies should take (including non-legislative options) and whether these would be best developed by government agencies, the community sector or through partnership arrangements. The Committee is required to report to Parliament by 31 December 2004. Dated 18 November 2003 Responsible Minister: HON STEVE BRACKS MP, Premier iv
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