Body image contouring is a major public health issue affecting the mental and physical health of young people today and social media has played a huge role in this issue. Social media platforms allow celebrities or content creators to propagate unattainable beauty standards through contoured body images posted on these apps. Young people in a bid to attain these beauty standards put their bodies through unhealthy pressures and processes just be to like the picture they have seen on social media. To sign a petition to get the UK government to raise legislation as it concerns this issue, follow the link below.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576724