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Young people pressured by airbrushed images

Experts are gathering in Dublin today to discuss the impact of airbrushed images on young people - a...
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12:59 PM - 22 Nov 2013



Young people pressured by airb...

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Young people pressured by airbrushed images

TodayFM
TodayFM

12:59 PM - 22 Nov 2013



Experts are gathering in Dublin today to discuss the impact of airbrushed images on young people - and their self image.

The conference is organised by Bodywhys - the national eating disorder association - which finds that young people are feeling enormous pressure to conform to an ideal standard of beauty.

And it's not just girls who are struggling - a recent study in England found a 68 % increase in the number of men presenting with eating disorders, over the past five years.

Juliette Gash reports;



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