“Good for her. It’s not a competition. Her body has no effect on mine.” I stream this mental playlist over and over when I’m in the weight room staring at another woman’s muscles, or walking down the ...
Ever feel like Cady Heron in 'Mean Girls' when your friends are cutting themselves down? Here's a doctor's take on social comparison and body acceptance. I have a positive relationship with my body, ...
We know that social media use can negatively impact its users—for example, tanking their body image and fueling appearance comparisons. Nonetheless, these platforms are here to stay. So, we need ...
Seventeen-year-old Marina walked down a crowded street in her hometown. Soon to be a senior in high school, she found herself surrounded by college students who had just returned for the fall semester ...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the body mass index (BMI) and its relationship with other methods of body fat evaluation in pre- and post-menarcheal, Japanese and Caucasian female ...
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to compare estimates of body density and percentage body fat from air displacement plethysmography (ADP) to those from hydrodensitometry (HD) in adults and ...
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