Being bombarded with messages and images focusing on appearance and status is not new to this generation of young people. Indeed, decades of research demonstrate that exposure to narrow beauty ...

Ever since social media burst on the scene in the early 2000s, parents and health experts have worried about the potential impact on kids, particularly those in their early teens. Now researchers are ...

Serious concerns about how social media shapes adolescents’ eating habits, body image, and relationship with food are being ...

This post was co-authored by Heather Widdows, Ph.D., and Jessica Sutherland. That social media is bad for adolescents’ mental health is well known, and a mounting body of work links “smartphone and ...

There is no single cause of eating disorders. However, research suggests that social media may sometimes be a contributing factor, as some content on social media platforms can promote thinness and ...

Here’s something to consider. You’re scrolling through your feed late at night, seeing another photo of someone’s beach vacation, their perfect body at the gym, or that job promotion you’ve been ...

Reflecting on how fitness posts on social media make them feel may help young women reduce the harmful tendency to compare themselves to idealized influencers and content online. Led by Jessica ...

Plus-size models appeared in only 18% of all global beauty campaigns in 2025, despite representing the majority of potential customers. This stark disconnection reveals something profound about how ...

Men and adolescent boys are increasingly at risk of resorting to the dangerous use of anabolic steroids in a bid to achieve the desired muscular build modeled on social media, warn body image experts.

From right to left: Brittany Matus, Daniela Marquez, Jason Nouanounou, Aubryn Ordyna, Jackie Nunez, and Kebo Nguimbi. Nunez and Nguimbi moderated the forum, asking the questions that the four students ...

From celebrities and influencers to everyday people, social media is full of content that showcases perfectly toned, muscular bodies – and how to achieve them. Having a muscular physique is no longer ...