Chapter 15

Constructing the Female Body: Dieting, the Thin Ideal and Body Acceptance

About-Face: www.about-face.org/

Adios Barbie: www.adiosbarbie.com/

Body Icon: http://nm-server.jrn.columbia.edu/projects/masters/bodyimage/

Health at Any Size Web Ring: http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=anysize

Healthy Weight Network: www.healthyweightnetwork.com/

International Size Acceptance Association: www.size-acceptance.org/

Mirror Mirror: www.mirrormirror.com.au

National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance: www.naafa.org/

Women�s Health Australia�The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women�s Health: www.alswh.org.au/

Further reading

Williams, L., Germov, J. & Young, A. 2007, �Preventing Weight Gain: A Population Cohort Study of the Nature and Effectiveness of Mid-age Women�s Weight Control Practices�, International Journal of Obesity, vol. 31, pp. 978�86. http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v31/n6/full/0803550a.html

Documentaries

Fat Files, 1999, BBC/Learning Channel Co-production, three episodes, 153 minutes.

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising�s Image of Women, 2000, Media Education Foundation, Northampton, Massachusetts, 35 minutes.

Beyond Killing Us Softly. The Strength to Resist: The Media�s Impact on Women and Girls, 2000, Cambridge Documentary Films, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 33 minutes.

Digital touch-ups of models that underpin distorted body and beauty images:
http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/retouch
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com.au/dove-self-esteem-fund/