The story: I’m sure you’ve all seen it. Today, I was at the gym and commenting in my head about the good mood everyone was in– good weather, happy faces, hump day. Then I walked into the dressing room. There were 2 women, one around 50 years old, the other around 25 or 30, standing [...]
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Dr. Robyn Answers Parents’ Questions from the last 2 days: Given everything that’s been going on with the Miley Cyrus Debacle this week, parents are wondering if they can ever catch a break. The press is everywhere, everyone’s talking about it, and parents (and grandparents) are wondering if any celebrity can be trusted with our [...]
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A little round up of some body image information that has come out in the last week: (1) Popular F-Word Blogger sticks it to Self and basically tells the magazine to take some responsibility. An article in the LA Times reports that Self Magazine, along with the University of North Carolina, published a survey on [...]
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Do magazine diet articles make an impact on girls’ body image? In a 2007 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, researchers from the University of Minnesota suggest that when teen girls read articles about diet and weight loss, it could have unhealthy consequences years later. Magazines feature impossibly thin supermodels next to “back-to-school” diet plans [...]
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The Brisbane Times reports that more Australian men will choose size 14 over size eight when it comes to the body shape of their ideal woman, igniting debate on what it means to be thin. Men’s magazine FHM conducted an online survey asking whether its readers found a size eight, size 12 or size 14 [...]
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“M” was an attractive, effervescent 18 year old girl when I first met her. As one of my roommates, she loved to be around her friends and talk non-stop. She also would steal several bags of Milanos double chocolate cookies from the kitchen cabinet; eat them all in one sitting, and not gain and ounce. [...]
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Parents of teens have asked me recently about parenting resources available to help moms and dads talk to their children about cliques. This becomes a very popular issue when body image, teasing, and acceptance is discussed. We know of popular books like “Queen Bees and Wannabees” or “The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander” and [...]
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This week was filled with some body image garbage. (1) My colleague Amy Jussel brought this fabulous story to my attention this week: Bimbo Bait: Is Silence or Outrage the Solution for Digital Drek? She says: “Just when you thought media influence on body image had reached the tipping point of toxicity, our pals at [...]
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Yesterday’s New York Times highlighted some new research on fat and feminism. Researchers (Viren Swami and team) out of the University of Westminster in London showed that those women who describe themselves as feminists were more likely to positively perceive a wider range of body sizes than non-feminists. The research was published in The Journal [...]
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If you thought that only 20-somethings and popular celebrities worried about body appearance, you might be surprised to hear that even seniors have body image woes. While they may focus on different aspects of their bodies than they once did, many seniors still feel pressure to defy age rather than accept an aging body. It’s [...]
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