Negative body image can have an impact on your health. If you live with diabetes, learning how to take a more body-positive approach may help. The long-term effects of negative body image can be ...

Positive body image refers to an overarching appreciation and respect for one’s own body—regardless of whether it meets society’s expectations for how a body “should” look and/or function. A wealth of ...

When Libby Faulkner lost about 50 pounds, she began wearing tighter and smaller clothes, but not necessarily clothes that were considered fashionable. “I couldn’t put outfits together, I didn’t focus ...

A new cultural ideal for women is ultrathin and cloaked in the language of inclusivity and self-acceptance. Credit...Illustration by Leonie Bos Supported by By Amanda Hess Recently Instagram led me to ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.