Body image taboos holding girls back from playing sport, experts warn

<ul><li><p>64% of girls give up sport by the end of puberty</p></li><li><p>Tanni Grey-Thompson outlines ‘barriers to participation’</p></li></ul><p>Taboos around women’s bodies are holding girls back from pursuing sport into adulthood and preventing the creation of “a generation of fit and healthy women”, a parliamentary committee has heard.</p><p>With surveys showing 64% of girls give up sport by the end of puberty, experts told the women and equalities committee that a complete sea change in understanding around the impact of sport on female bodies is required, but that such a change is possible and “if we get it right we’d be on a winning streak”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/29/body-image-taboos-holding-girls-back-from-playing-sport-experts-warn">Continue reading...</a>