The scale of body shaming is more extensive than most people realize. Studies suggest that the vast majority of teenage girls and a significant portion of teenage boys have experienced body shaming, ...

"You're so ugly it hurts." "Maybe if you lost some weight, someone would actually like you." "No filter can fix that face." These are the sorts of comments teenage girls see online daily, via social ...

Body shaming, a prevalent issue in today’s society, deeply impacts the mental and emotional health of countless women. The culture of criticizing or making negative comments about a woman’s body, ...

Over the past decades, researchers have demonstrated the negative effects of body shaming and self–objectification on our mental health. People who experience body shaming, for example through ...

Written by Erica Mashall-Lee, Ph.D., ABPP, Sheethal D. Reddy, Ph.D., and Desiree Frain, Psy.D., on behalf of the Atlanta Behavioral Health Advocates. Source: Yan Krukau / Pexels “She has such a pretty ...