Few people get through a day without looking in a mirror, assessing the fit of their clothes or taking stock of their overall appearance. Body checking, in the era of continually updated selfies, may ...

In the fitness and weight loss communities, progress photos, body fat measurements and other “non-scale victories” are touted as healthy alternatives to obsessively checking the scale. For some people ...

Dozens of TikTok users in recent weeks have reported an unnerving rise in the number of “body checking” videos dominating their For You Pages (FYP). The latest trend to encourage a hyper-focus on the ...

Body checking involves a person repeatedly seeking information about their body shape or size using scales, mirrors, or other methods. This behavior may become unhealthy and lead to eating disorders.

For every fun dance challenge on TikTok, a far more sinister trend goes viral. In this case, it's body checking. Body checking is the act of taking mental notes of one's body shape or weight. Offline, ...