This is the first post in a series. Quite often, body image is discussed as if it were an issue that resides in and belongs only to the individual person. And because it is often seen as a personal ...

Victory Bay reports a surge in eating disorders among teens, driven by social media pressures and academic stress since the ...

From the column: "When rapid weight-loss tools are normalized, disordered eating can become easier to excuse and harder to ...

Commentary: When a society widely publicizes a pathway to weight loss, the pressure to pursue it rarely stays contained.

From celebrities across the globe to social media influencers, whenever someone shows a drastic weight loss transformation these days, the first thought that often crosses people's minds is, "They ...

So does that mean that African-American women have no body-image problems? Hardly. As books like commediane Mo'Nique's "Skinny Women are Evil," with their references to "skinny bitches" demonstrate, ...

Confidence is supposed to feel empowering. Instead, for a lot of plus size women, confidence in a thin obsessed world feels conditional. Conditional on weight. Conditional on progress. Conditional on ...

Shani lost 101 pounds with gastric sleeve surgery. Michele lost 50 pounds with the GLP-1 drug Mounjaro. Both are happy with their weight loss, but both also went through some emotional ups and downs ...

Billie Eilish says she developed body image issues after a preteen obsession with Brandy Melville. Brandy Melville is a fast-fashion clothing retailer known for its "one size fits most" sizing policy.