We’re BACK from our holiday break, and gosh, we’re starting this year with a GREAT conversation that we can’t wait to share with you! Body image is a common struggle for all humans, regardless of what the struggle might look like from person to person. But we can all admit that, at least once while scrolling through our social media feeds, we’ve seen a post that’s caused us to think negatively about our own bodies. To dig deeper, The Anchor of the Week team took a road trip to Bristol and sat down with Dr. Jade Parnell, Research Psychologist at the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England to get her (extremely well-educated and experienced) take on social media’s roll in body image, body comparison and how we can handle it all in the healthiest way possible.

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Listen to Dr. Jade Parnell dive deeper into all aspects of body image on her podcast “Appearance Matters: the Podcast”, streaming on all pod platforms !

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Thanks for joining us for another week of our series on the WORLD WIDE WEB! We’re peeling back the layers of the internet and technology to find out what really is happening online, how it affects us and what we can do about it.