Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how ...

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how ...

Total social media time does not significantly affect adolescents' weight concerns or dieting frequency, according to the study's findings. New research reveals that total social media use does not ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has determined that the size and composition of our social support ...

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 looked at how body-related emotions and recalling embarrassing or proud memories of participants’ bodies would affect task performance. Participants who recalled embarrassing stories ...

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 ...

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 ...