What Is the Impact of Western Culture on Our Perception of Body?

Body image and food is neutral it's completely neutral we do not care what people look like when we are born. When we attach you know feelings around oh mum is critical of body or there must be a right or wrong way to look we then start to think that for ourselves. In those very isolated tribal cultures there isn't instances or there is a much reduced presentation of disordered eating and eating disorders. Food perhaps may feel a bit more neutral in those cultures so something to take note of here.

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