Being bombarded with messages and images focusing on appearance and status is not new to this generation of young people. Indeed, decades of research demonstrate that exposure to narrow beauty ...

A few years ago, I found my nine-year-old sitting on the floor in front of her open closet and crying. I'd been waiting for her to come downstairs and get her coats and shoes on so we could make her ...

Weight Watchers has launched an app for kids to track their eating and rank foods as red, yellow, or green based on how high they are in calories.

Body image refers to how a person thinks and feels about themselves physically. From childhood to adulthood, a person’s family can influence how they feel about their bodies through various ...

Most of the time, our brains are very good at blending together input from all our senses into a seamless, unified conscious experience of “my body.” When this process of integrating different sensory ...

Artificial intelligence has its own idea of what the perfect human body should look like. A new study by The Bulimia Project, a Brooklyn, New York-based website that publishes content and research ...

Although reduced body image and low self-esteem are potential risk factors for eating disorders, they’re not the only factors at play. Body dissatisfaction can increase your risk of disordered eating ...

Social media can be both good and bad for your body image. What really matters is how you use it. This requires you to use social media intentionally and strategically. Social media can influence your ...

Body appreciation differs between Middle-Eastern and Western societies, a new international study can reveal, highlighting how cultural and family influences shape body image and eating behaviors in ...