Following the publication of our report on Body Image in partnership with THO, Andrew “Bernie” Bernard of Innovative Enterprise was moved to write a blog about it. His key takeaways were:

• Results revealed an overall crisis in body-confidence with men and boys mainly feeling "not positive" about their bodies, and women and girls mainly feeling "negative".

• The survey found that social media, cultural expectations, and racial identity all play a role in the pressure to conform to certain physical appearance standards.

• In the UK, the highest contributing factor to wanting to change one’s appearance was social media. This includes references to height, muscularity, thinness, hair thickness/colour, facial hair and skin lightness/tone.

• Young people surveyed want more done by schools and workplaces to promote body positivity.

• Individuals should be open about there being no such thing as a “perfect” body; marketing increasingly relies on people's disappointment with their appearance so they can profit from it.

You can read Bernie’s full blog here.