Measures
cellulite, eating disorders, ’
The narrative video (2.48 min) featured a woman in her early thirties engaging in an internal monologue of negative body talk (e.g., “If Mia’s mum needs to lose 5 kilos to get rid of her non-existent cellulite, how many kilos do I need to lose to be part of the short-shorts sports carnival day mothers’ club?!”) while driving in the car with her child. The woman eventually realises the harshness of her self-talk and acknowledges the functionality of her body over its appearance. The woman is white and thin, and was shown sitting. The actor was pregnant at the time of filming but this was not visible within the video as a bag was covering her torso. The narrative video can be viewed at The informational video (2.54 min) was comprised of interviews with five body image experts (an academic, a dietician, a medical practitioner, and chief executive officer and education manager of two eating disorders support services) who discussed factual information about body image (e.g., “Body dissatisfaction is a problem across our society; young, old, males, females… body image problems just don’t go away with age, it’s not that you get to some level of enlightenment and say “Ok I’m fine and I’m not worried about these issues anymore”, actually they hang around for a really long time”. The information included topics such as contributing factors, sociocultural appearance pressures, appearance comparison, help-seeking for body dissatisfaction, and the potential usefulness of challenging appearance ideals. All presenters in the video were white and cisgender, and all but one were both a) thin and b) women. One presenter was a larger bodied man. Only the upper bodies, not full-body view of presenters were shown. The video can be viewed at The persuasive appeal video (1.20 min) featured the female actor from the narrative approach video presenting a direct appeal to the viewer to increase their awareness and understanding of body dissatisfaction, and question and challenge appearance ideals (e.g., “What can we do about it? I think the first thing is to be aware of it…” “Starting to have conversations within ourselves, within our social circles, within our families, within our community and hopefully then globally”. The actor briefly mentioned her own difficulties with body dissatisfaction. The actor, as previously described, was white and thin, although she was pregnant at the time. This video can be viewed at The narrative approach video was shown followed by the persuasive appeal video (4.08 min), as described above.The informational approach video was shown with footage edited in from the persuasive appeal video (3.45 min).