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 concerns, particularly about weight, can significantly impact romantic relationships. While physical appearance isn’t everything, how we feel about ourselves often determines how we ...

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 ...

National Eating Disorder week spans from Feb. 24 to March 2, and Riverside County doctors want to make sure the community knows how dangerous and serious these conditions can be, especially with 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 ...

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. —Simone de Beauvoir Source: cimages by Canva Pro Most of us probably already know intuitively that body image affects our ...

What does it look like to have an “athletic body?” What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one? A ...

Trudging through the snow might not sound like your idea of a good time, but a surprising study suggests you might want to grab your scarf and lace up your boots. Researchers in Poland and the UK ...

If you are overweight or have obesity, a healthy body image is important. Here’s how body image affects weight loss, plus ways to get a more positive body image. By: Hallie Levine Destiny Murtaugh ...

When a business leader ticks off the things that might hold their team back, it typically includes resources, training, time or motivation. But very few managers would add body image to that list. As ...

Have you ever been abused online based on your physical appearance? This can happen maybe, after you post something on social ...

Reverse body dysmorphia is not a clinical diagnosis but a term that originated from TikTok. People use it colloquially to describe having a perception of their own appearance as “better” than it is.