AI-generated images reinforce narrow, unrealistic and exclusionary body ideals, which are harmful to our body image.
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If we are shown a lot of heavy bodies, the bodies we rate as attractive get heavier and the bodies we rate as “normal” get heavier.
This is something that has been going on for hundreds of years.
The ‘revenge body’ was once the domain of celebrity gossip. But with the advent of social media, anyone can publicly display a ‘new’ body post break-up.
They say ‘men sweat, while women glow’. But new research shows gender is not the reason for different levels of sweating.
Once we reach adulthood, our bone structure and proportions are fixed, but we can manipulate our muscles.
Channel 4’s new programme took dating shows in a ‘bold’ new direction. But what can nakedness reveal about a potential partner?
Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but there is one essential element missing: shape.
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