The proliferation of mass media has helped to create a standardisation of beauty ideals, making them harder to cope with. But there are encouraging signs that things could change.
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Staring at one thing for a long time can cause you to see the next thing in the opposite fashion. This neural adaptation could be the underlying physiological basis of body-size misperception.
Research suggests that those struggling with negative feelings about their bodies should spend more time in the great outdoors.
How learning languages and travelling abroad can help you have a better relationship with your body.
The ‘fitspo’ movement may be aiming to promote a healthier body image for women, but in truth it’s just another narrow set of ideals about what women should look like.
Women are no longer eating for two – or one, for that matter.
We know a lot about why people choose different brands of dishwashing detergent. But when it comes to the processes behind choosing a romantic partner, science knows surprisingly little.
Spurned by women, more likely to end up in jail, doomed to earn less, destined to languish in poorly paid jobs, plagued by feelings of inferiority and coming up short where coming up matters most…
This plastic matters: girls as young as three-and-a-half associate thin dolls with being smart and heavy dolls with being sad.
A 2011 British survey found 12% of women would give up two to ten years of their lives just to be their ideal weight. So what makes an ideal body, and why do we want one so badly?
Dressing like a Black Panther at the Super Bowl was always going to raise a few eyebrows – and that was the point.
Barbie has a forgotten history of changing in response to market pressures. Are her multiple new bodies ushering in an era of ethical body inclusiveness, or is Mattel just shifting deckchairs on the Titanic?
The growing pressure on men to have the perfect body is too often forgotten but could be having serious health consequences.
Why is so much attention being given to making average white males feel better about themselves?
How an evolutionary psychologist sees our obsession with being thin.
Backlash to ‘throwback’ slimming ad is a win for the bikini terrorists
Is there an ideal body shape that is universally attractive? A recent study shows that beauty is more complex, and diverse, than that.
It doesn’t matter how old you are, you can still look fabulous. This message is sold to us by magazines, newspapers, the cosmetics industry, fashion labels and dating agencies. Think of the recent movie…
If you’re one of the world’s 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you’ll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed. If you don’t use Facebook, you need only get on a busy train or bus to see…
You probably aren’t beautiful. It’s statistical, not personal. Most of us are average, a few of us are ugly, and a tiny number of us are beautiful or handsome. Many of us struggle with our own attractiveness…
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Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canberra
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor, Head of Body Image, Eating and Weight Disorders Research, Adelaide University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University
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Research fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
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