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 ...

We often talk about chronic illness in the adult and senior populations. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 40 percent of school-aged children in the U.S. suffer from chronic ...

When identity is derived from insecurities about our bodies, it’s like looking in a funhouse mirror, hoping it will give us an accurate reflection of who we are. While walking the runway, I descended ...

Black young women face unique pressures as they navigate social media and what it tells them about their bodies, said Sophia Choukas-Bradley at a Carter Series lecture, presented in late October by ...

When I was a year out of college, in 1998, the book “Adiós, Barbie” was published, and it contained an essay I wrote. The book is an anthology of young women’s perspectives on body image and identity.

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When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 29, I never imagined the journey. With all its ups and downs, would be so transformative—not just emotionally but physically too. Along the ...