But as the country's population grows more overweight and obese, it's becoming more normal to have a negative body image, says Tiffany Stewart, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center ...
Body image dissatisfaction and depressive symptoms have previously been shown to be significantly linked, and the media is a ...
Struggling with body image and eating disorders can affect anyone, even a global style icon like Victoria Beckham. No one is ...
In 2023, approximately 60 percent of the world’s population was using social media. Social media can be used for beneficial purposes, such as keeping in touch with family and friends. However, social ...
The physiological changes that occur during pregnancy heighten body image dissatisfaction among women, as they often conflict with socially defined ideals of female body appearance. Qualitative ...
A new study published in Psychology of Popular Media suggests that how young women engage with TikTok may shape the way they feel about their bodies and their attitudes toward cosmetic surgery. The ...
A new study looked at how body-related emotions and recalling embarrassing or proud memories of participants’ bodies would affect task performance. Participants who recalled embarrassing stories ...
Body image concerns, particularly about weight, can significantly impact romantic relationships. While physical appearance isn’t everything, how we feel about ourselves often determines how we ...
Our Western society highly values beauty, which it tends to define as being young and skinny. Definitions and ideals of beauty—communicated through, for instance, TV, movies, Instagram, and ...
Body image can be defined as the perception we have of ourselves physically. This can be positive, where you accept yourself the way you are, flaws and all, or negative where you struggle to embrace ...
Last week was Body Image Awareness week. Events around campus included a guest speaker in the Graduate Life Center and McComas Hall featured a life size poster of what Barbie would like if her ...