The idea that thinner or more muscular bodies are healthier remains deeply engrained in Australia, experts say. But there are ways to feel good in your body at the beach
Bella Davis has struggled with body dissatisfaction since she was eight years old. “I grew up thinking having a soft body was wrong,” says the now 29-year-old from the Central Coast.
As a teenager, Davis was “always striving to be thinner”, “obsessed with tracking calories” and “terrified to date” or be intimate with anybody in case they commented on her body.