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Do you hate the way you look?

Kimberley delves into the difference between body image dissatisfaction and body dysmorphic disorder with Professor Viren Swami.

Kimberley delves into how we view our own bodies with Viren Swami, Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University. Together they explore the difference between body image dissatisfaction and the mental health condition body dysmorphic disorder.

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The Complex team:

Host: Kimberley Wilson
Guest: Professor Viren Swami
Producer: Kirsten Lass
Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke
Researcher: Grace Revill
Science Editor: Rami Tzabar
Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable
Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey
Digital Lead: Richard Berry
Podcast artwork photography: Darren Skene
And for BBC Sounds: Assistant Commissioner: Izzy Lee-Poulton
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

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