Appearance Matters: The Podcast‪!‬ The Centre for Appearance Research

Welcome back to Summer Shorts! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

It's week 8, and Senior Research Fellow Dr Nicole Paraskeva joins Abbi to talk about her recently published longitudinal study of body image and disordered eating symptoms in men.

Link to paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35525157/
Articles mentioned by Jessia Alleva:
Positive Body Image and Eating Disorders among Men https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/mind-your-body/202207/positive-body-image-and-eating-disorders-among-men
Positive Body Image in Men https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-your-body/201810/positive-body-image-in-men


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Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Abbi Mathews

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Nadia speaks with Fabio Zucchelli about a mixed methods feasibility study for a prototype app designed to support people with a visible difference who are struggling with appearance concerns.

You can find out more by reading the published paper:
https://formative.jmir.org/2022/1/e33449

And related paper:
https://formative.jmir.org/2021/3/e26355/


Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome back to the summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Maia speaks with Pippa Tollow about her recently published paper which explores parent experiences of and attitudes towards taking part in research related to their child's burn injury.

You can find out more by reading the published paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20595131221098526

Cover Image: Photograph by Ron Lach
Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Maia Thornton

Welcome back to our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Bruna speaks with Ella Guest - a Research Fellow at CAR - to learn more about Ella’s recently published systematic reviews, exploring the efficacy of interventions to improve positive body image in young people and adults.

Link to the papers:
1. Adults*
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S174014451930052X?via%3Dihub

*One of the most cited articles published in Body Image in the last 3 years!

2. Children and Adolescents
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144522000730?via%3Dihub

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Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Bruna Costa

Welcome back to our fourth episode of our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Nadia speaks with Dr Kat Schneider, a Research Fellow at CAR and Dr Ben Gibson, a Lecturer at De Montfort University about a recent systemic review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders.

Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23706

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Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome back to the third episode of our summer shorts series! Over the summer, the CAR podcast team are bringing you 10 bite-sized episodes on a recently published paper from different members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research.

In this summer short, Abbi speaks with Bruna Costa - Research Fellow at CAR (and co-host of Appearance Matters!) - about her recently published paper entitled Isolation, Uncertainty and Treatment Delays: Parents' Experiences of Having a Baby with Cleft Lip/Palate During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Link to the paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34841909/
Link to the other paper mentioned: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Impact-of-the-Covid-19-Pandemic-on-Cleft-Lip-in-McWilliams-Costa/8abfe4c7dbf4e2b5e1f10a1e7a6bc6dab6d2014e

Cover Image: Photograph by Yuri Arcurs
Summer shorts series developed by Nadia Craddock
Episode produced by Abbi Mathews