{"id":4522,"date":"2011-11-23T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:42:47","slug":"model-diversity-promotes-positive-body-image-according-to-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/model-diversity-promotes-positive-body-image-according-to-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Diversity Promotes Positive Body Image, According To Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4526\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/model-diversity-promotes-positive-body-image-according-to-research\/love\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4526\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4526\" title=\"YMCA Body Confidence Campaign Image\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-uploads\/2011\/11\/love-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"YMCA Body Confidence Campaign Image\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2011\/11\/love-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2011\/11\/love.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YMCA Body Confidence Campaign Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modelling agency<\/a> Models Direct has been very interested in recently conducted\u00a0research by Central YMCA and the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, which explores public attitudes towards images of models in the media and advertising, and the impact they have on body image, has backed up the agency\u2019s push for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/help-advice\/model-types\/models-of-diversity\">diversity<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/become-a-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modelling industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, the research indicates that at least 1 in 4 adults feel depressed about their bodies; 42.4% of men and 30% women would like their bodies to look like the models who appear on magazines; and 75.6% of men and 86.2% women think that airbrushing has a negative effect on people&#8217;s body image.<\/p>\n<p>Young people were also found to have body issues, with over half of the adolescent girls surveyed admitting that girls at their school have body image problems.<\/p>\n<p>But, in what is perhaps the most interesting finding, the survey went on the reveal that close to half of men and women combined believe greater diversity of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/become-a-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">models<\/a> in advertising, magazines, fashion and on TV &#8211; including body shapes and size &#8211; is the number one strategy that would help to promote positive body image.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing to promote this so-called ideal body image \u2013 tall, skinny and young &#8211; to the exclusion of \u2018real\u2019, relatable and diverse models, the mass media has undeniably caused a detrimental effect on body image.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the vast majority of us can not achieve or maintain the bodies that are continually promoted to us &#8211; it\u2019s estimated that less than 5% of the population could ever look like, or have the body of a classic \u2018straight\u2019 model &#8211; the pressure on all of us to look like models doesn\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n<p>The media and advertisers are convinced that only using body image ideals will sell products or magazines, but research proves time and time again that this simply isn\u2019t 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