84% of Australians are not happy about their bodies | ABC NEWS
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A new survey has found negative body image is being normalised, with 84 per cent of the people surveyed expressing dissatisfaction in their body shape. Dr Vivienne Lewis says the findings are not surprising and more men are being impacted by body dissatisfaction and eating disorder. She also says change in social media representation of idealised male and female figures are to blame. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/butterfly-foundation-negative-body-image-new-research-emerges/106982830 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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