article_snippet.sent: An analysis of the reforms by Sarah Jackson, a research psychologist at University College London, suggested that censoring images of ultra-thin models may ease An analysis of the reforms by Sarah Jackson, a research psychologist at University College London adverse effects on young women, such as concerns about body image and behaviours such as unhealthy eating.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, the link between media endorsement of extreme thinness and the development of anorexia is neither simple nor clear.
article_snippet.sent: Research mentioned by Ms Jackson did find that women evaluated women bodies more negatively after viewing images of thin models.
article_snippet.sent: However, this effect was small and mostly determined by women's pre-existing opinions of women figures – women who were already dissatisfied with women body were most affected.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps, as the authors suggested, more images activated, rather than cultivated, beauty ideals.
article_snippet.sent: Whether the effects of media exposure on body dissatisfaction leads to changes in eating behaviour is also unclear.
article_snippet.sent: Another study, also cited by Ms Jackson, looked for a link between a person's real-life media exposure and eating disorder symptoms.
article_snippet.sent: The results were fairly inconsistent, with some factors – such as body dissatisfaction – only corresponding to some types of media, and others – such as self-worth – showing no relationship.
article_snippet.sent: it is just as plausible that women already unhappy with women bodies seek out thinness-promoting media more often.
article_snippet.sent: After all, if such a simple causal relationship did exist, the pervasiveness of these images in our culture raises the question of why the majority of our population is overweight, rather than underweight.
article_snippet.sent: Most researchers currently view the cultural value placed on thinness as a 'background risk factor'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Argues that rather than skinny models being to blame, other factors are .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: And that images of thin women are unlikely to have much of an effect .