Priya Alexander

And is it harmful also because it gets people to go to really extreme either restriction in their diet or extreme physical activity to try and reach and meet this body ideal they're being sold?

role of the user which you know is being captured and also you know current research we're conducting as a follow-up to this study exactly what you're mentioning right okay now we know the effects of this where do we go from here do we have a sense valerie of who is most impacted negatively by this kind of content so are people of different ages ethnic backgrounds gender backgrounds is everyone hit the same or is more people vulnerable than others

That's Valerie Grost, who is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University.

And this is The Health Report on ABC Radio National.

On ABC Radio National, you're with The Health Report.

So Tony has written in and says, I have and continue to learn so much from the program.

I often refer my daughters to segments related to women's health and more broader issues relevant to them.

It's nice, isn't it?

Oh, good one, Tony.

You actually get into the positive, unlike Norman.

I like it.

The episode referred to a psychologist for pain I have shared with a variety of family and friends where relevant.

The most striking example of useful information, though I didn't realise it at the time, was the episode on transient global amnesia from 2021.

That was well before my time.

My brother and his wife were travelling in Europe in 2023 when he experienced what I recognised from the segment was possibly a transient global amnesia episode.

Wow.

After a night in a hospital having a battery of tests and no definitive diagnosis, they rang me to discuss what they should do.

I was able to refer them to the episode of the health report on the topic to help them in their decision making.

Thanks for the great program.

Look at that.