Body Image Law

This book examines the effectiveness and limitations of existing body image law, and proposes evidence-based regulatory alternatives informed by public health and psychology research. It will be of interest to researchers concerned with body image and the law as it relates to public health law, social media law and advertising law.

Marilyn Bromberg, FHEA ('M'), is a mother and a dual Canadian and Australian citizen. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and a practising lawyer. M was a visiting scholar at STRIPED at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University/Boston Children's Hospital. M has the following qualifications: PhD, LLB (Dist), BBA (Hon), Grad Cert Pop Health Studies and Grad Cert University Teaching. She also plays piano, takes singing lessons and loves being outside. M has a great passion to try to help people who have poor body image and eating disorders using research and advocacy.

1. Introduction 2. Body Image and Eating Disorders Generally and Associated Socioeconomic Issues 3. Theories to Explain the Connection Between Seeing Images of the Thin-Ideal and Developing Poor Body Image and Eating Disorders 4. How Social Media Impacts Body Image 5. Body Image Law: A Detailed Examination 6. Challenges Associated With Body Image Law 7. Pro-Anorexia Websites/Social Media and the Law 8. What Might Work to Help Improve Body Image and Ways to Lower the Number of Unhelpful Images of the Thin-Ideal, Based on Evidence 9. Conclusion