In January, I tapped on the “explore” page of my Instagram account and was greeted with a flood of food-related posts. Fruit had too much sugar to be healthy. You should switch out buns for lettuce on ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

"You're so ugly it hurts." Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "Maybe if you lost some weight, someone would actually like you." "No filter can fix that face." These are ...

What impact does watching television or playing video games have on body image satisfaction? Does the physical appearance of the characters in series, films and video games have any effect on the self ...

Body positivity is not at all about vanity, or standing in front of the mirror every day screaming, “I love my thighs!” like a motivational speaker, like they show in those irritating commercials.

A study published in the journal PLOS ONE provides a detailed understanding of the impact of age and sociocultural pressure on body appreciation among White Western women, Black Nigerian women, and ...

This is the first post in a series. Quite often, body image is discussed as if it were an issue that resides in and belongs only to the individual person. And because it is often seen as a personal ...

Body image develops between 6 and 11 years old. Dolls, as well as the media, can influence that process. In a recent study, girls who played with extremely thin dolls chose a thinner body ideal than ...

"You're so ugly it hurts." "Maybe if you lost some weight, someone would actually like you." "No filter can fix that face." These are the sorts of comments teenage girls see online daily, via social ...

Daniel Hermens receives funding from the Commonwealth government's Prioritising Mental Health Initiative and the Queensland Mental Health Commission. Taliah Jade Prince does not work for, consult, own ...