Emotionally disturbing images can significantly impair people’s ability to stay focused, according to a new study published in Behavior Research Methods. Using a newly developed task, researchers ...

Obesity researchers from Yale University say that online news outlets overwhelmingly use negative images of overweight people — in ill-fitting clothes or eating fast food — to illustrate stories about ...

Adolescence is fraught with stressful changes, and the developing body can be one of those challenges, especially if a teen's body doesn't meet society's — or that teen's — standards. Negative body ...

Our culture presents a confusing array of messages about bodies, eating, and health. We see media images that promote unrealistic (and generally unreal) bodies, sensationalized news stories about ...

This summer I sat on my bed and watched as my sister tried on numerous outfits, changing over and over again, each time citing something “wrong” about her body and weight. I would respond by providing ...