Have you lost a lot of weight yet still ‘feel fat’ or think you look overweight? Perhaps you’ve absent-mindedly picked up your old size when trying on clothes. This disconnect between reality and how you perceive your body is what we refer to as body image distortion. Why it happens Professor Phillipa Hay from the Mental Health School of Medicine and Centre for Health Research at the University of Western Sydney says it’s down to how ingrained this perception of ourselves is. “It’s common for many people who’ve lost a lot of weight to struggle with it. When you’re an adult your […]
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