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0:18:11 > 0:18:14Hi, I'm Melissa Suffield, actress and reporter.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17And I'm Radzi Chinyanganya, athlete and TV presenter.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20If you're a fan of EastEnders, you may remember me
0:18:20 > 0:18:23as Lucy Beale, who I played through my teenage years.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I was constantly being judged on my appearance rather
0:18:26 > 0:18:28than my acting ability.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31It put a real pressure on me to be slim and beautiful all the time.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It meant I spent half my life wearing push-up bras
0:18:33 > 0:18:34and Spanx pants.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36What? Isn't Spandex back?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Yeah, in the back of my wardrobe.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Now, although I may be a guy,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45I've had my fair share of feeling insecure about the way I look.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I'm definitely not tall, and I'm far from Mr Universe.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50But let me say,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53this man proved that real fitness beats giant abs any day.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56At just 21, he signed up to the TV show Gladiators.
0:18:56 > 0:19:03MUSIC: "Eye Of the Tiger" by Survivor
0:19:03 > 0:19:05And weren't you the lightest contestant
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- they ever had on the show? - Yeah, I was 10 stones.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Yeah, in a David and Goliath style battle, Radzi won! Woo!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Anyway, we've come here to a high school in the West Country
0:19:16 > 0:19:18to conduct an exciting new experiment.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And it's called Body Talk.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- Hi, guys.- Hey.- I'm Melissa. - And I'm Radzi.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35We're here today to talk to you guys about body image.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39So, first of all, what do you think the definition of body image is?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42The way you feel about being who you are.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I think body image is the way you feel and how others view you.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50I think body image is when you define yourself into a category
0:19:50 > 0:19:51of what you think you look like.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55You judge yourself and your self-esteem.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Body image is basically the way you feel about the way you look.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00So now, before you do anything else,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02we'd like you to fill out our Body Talk surveys.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04All we need you to do is fill out, on a scale of one to ten,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07how you're feeling about the way you look right now.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10So if you put between five and ten, you're feeling good about yourself.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11And if you put from nought to five,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13you're probably having a bit of a rubbish day.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16But don't worry, it's totally anonymous,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18so we want you to be completely honest.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22OK, this is my ballot box. I'm going to ask you to fill them out
0:20:22 > 0:20:23and put them in here, is that OK?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The influence of the media certainly needs to take a big
0:20:31 > 0:20:34part of the blame when it comes to us feeling bad about our bodies.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40But there are other causes closer to us which can also make us feel bad.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Body Talk and body-bullying are quite common.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46You know what we mean.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49When we say something bad about the way another person looks,
0:20:49 > 0:20:54be it your friends, your classmates, a celebrity, or even yourself.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Now, you might think you're being funny,
0:20:56 > 0:20:57but put yourself on the receiving end.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59It can be very upsetting.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06In some cases, the impact can be devastating, with long-term
0:21:06 > 0:21:08and even deadly consequences.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Guys, as we can see from your body image surveys,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14you're not feeling great about the way you look right now.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16So we're going to see if it's possible
0:21:16 > 0:21:18to improve those scores over just two days.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20What we want to do is ban Body Talk bullying.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22We want to see if we can get you feeling
0:21:22 > 0:21:24a bit better about yourselves.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27What we're going to do is called Bright Body Talk.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29It's not just about banning negative Body Talk,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but about encouraging positive Body Talk.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35So over the next couple of days we want you guys to stop all
0:21:35 > 0:21:38of your negative comments to each other and basically feed each other
0:21:38 > 0:21:43compliments about how great you look and how great you are.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- No more negativity, yes?- ALL: Yeah! - Positivity!- ALL: Yeah!
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- Cool, compliments for your friends? - ALL: Yeah!- Wicked. Good to go.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56'I say, are you getting your friends down
0:21:56 > 0:21:59'with your witty body image banter?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01'When you say bad things about the way someone looks,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04'are you making them feel sad about the way they look?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06'Well, are you?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10'Time to try Bright Body Talk.'
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- I love your hands so much.- Thank you. You're such a good singer.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Oh, I really like your eyes. They bring out your face.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Thank you, Chloe.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- Yeah, um, I like your new Facebook picture.- Cheers.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I like your eye colour. It's really nice.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33It's, like, reflecting around your face.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37I like your hair, man.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Well, our top team have now spent a whole day partaking in our
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Body Talk experiments.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49But before we see how it's gone,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51there's just one more thing we need them to do.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53One of the biggest problems is that we don't realise how critical
0:22:53 > 0:22:55we're being about ourselves.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58We partake in self-bullying and we regularly beat ourselves up.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Most of the time we don't even realise we're actually doing it.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03You know the kind of thing we mean.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- Radzi, I feel so fat today. I look awful.- Fat? You look fine.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- I'm the one that's skinny and puny. - As if.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Have you seen the state of my little finger? It's not so little, is it?
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Your little finger? My hair is out of control at the moment.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26OK, guys. Behind me is our very own Big Brother Radzi room.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28What we want you to do, we've got a camera set up,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31we just want to hear about you, hear about how you're feeling.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We want to hear a positive thing about how you're feeling,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and a positive piece about what you think you're looking like.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I like that I'm funny and I like that I'm tall.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45I like how I'm quite sociable and I like my eyes.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The one thing that is good about me is my hair.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52..is my muscularity and my supreme athleticism.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53I'm quite clever.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I can make friends quite easily. And I also like my hair.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I'm a good guy to hang out with.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I like my smile and my athleticism.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08OK, guys. This is my Big Sister Melissa room.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I like my eyebrows.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14I like my eyes and about myself, I can be a good friend.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I'm good at athletics and I like my eyes.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I'm considered a good singer.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19And I also like my hair.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23A good listener. And I like my nose.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I'm a good dancer and I like my dimple.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Well, we've almost come to the end of the school day.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38And our young group have filled out the same forms
0:24:38 > 0:24:39that they filled out yesterday.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43But the question is, has two days of positive Body Talk helped to
0:24:43 > 0:24:47improve the teenagers' body image, and have they stopped body-bullying?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Let's find out.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Guys, yesterday on your body image survey scores, you got out of 160...
0:24:55 > 0:24:5777.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01And we were looking to improve that. And today, you did.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04On your surveys, out of 160, you got 111!
0:25:04 > 0:25:06CHEERING
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Well done, guys.- Absolutely awesome.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Do you think you're going to be more positive from now on?- ALL: Yeah!
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Well, guys, it just goes to show that in two days we've started
0:25:16 > 0:25:18to beat body image bullying.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20With the start of Bright Body Talk.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's the fastest and potentially the easiest way
0:25:23 > 0:25:25for us to feel better about our body image.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27You've seen how easy it is, so you give it a try.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Keep up the good work, guys.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32CHEERING
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