Body Image

Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics.

Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources.

Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.

Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image dissatisfaction.

Information about and reviews of the book by Stacey Handler, granddaughter of the woman who created the Barbie doll, in which she openly discloses her own battle with her body image.

Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.

Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.

From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.

Article exploring the link between fat oppression and the experiences of women with disabilities.

Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short.

Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links.

Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns.

This is an useful, informative website that uncovers the issue of body image, why women have become preoccupied with their appearance, and how the media reflects upon these.

Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image.

NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine about the magazine, its coverage of beauty issues, and how it chooses what goes on the cover. [6:10 Realaudio broadcast]

Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in a series of conversations on the nature of beauty. [6:44 Realaudio broadcast]

Articles and forum devoted to improving self-esteem by developing a better body image.

Celebrate your breasts: health and cancer issues to breastfeeding and cosmetic surgery.

Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.

Support forum for flat-chested women.

... good about their bodies. This site is designed to promote healthy body image attitudes and prevent eating and weight ... any health promotion initiative. ...[2008/04/07]

The struggle to heal your negative body-image is an ongoing battle. ... It is extremely hard in our culture to have a healthy, positive body-image. You need support. ...[2007/09/04]

... a Better Body Image (Copyright © Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc. ... from the Our Bodies, Ourselves Health Resource Center about body image. ...[2008/12/02]

Buy Body Image Books and other related products at Target.com[2008/11/15]

... decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. ... Home >> Youth Lounge >> Health & Well-Being >> Body Image. ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH. Topics & Issues ...[2008/04/07]

Get research and news about male and female negative body image, eating disorders, weight issues and the media's influence from MSN Health & Fitness.[2008/12/02]

Gourt > Society > Issues > Health > Body Image (12) ... and discussion of the health effects of poor body image, and of the impact of the media. ...[2008/06/18]

Building a Better Body Image. How Parents Can Help. Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery ... Body image. Breast implants. Consumer- or feminist-oriented health sites ...[2008/11/04]

Discuss Women's health issues with others in forums, blogs, personal stories and ... Positive body image. Food and emotion: Why some people eat too much ...[2008/11/10]

aHealthyme.com provides information on health and wellness, along with daily health news, full-text journal and magazine articles, personalized newsletters and ...[2008/11/29]