Posts Tagged ‘body satisfaction’

The World of Lie

Better Body Satisfaction?

August 11, 2016 — Body satisfaction among women might be getting better. This supposition is more than just wishful thinking or a reading from the tea leaves of popular culture. A new analysis of research across three decades found a trend toward less body dissatisfaction in women. It showed no change in men. Bryan Karazsia presented the research at the […]

My Daughter

Supposedly Helpful Comments

June 19, 2016 — People hold onto some odd ideas about what constitutes helpful comments. “Don’t eat so much, you’re getting fat” are words that resonate into adulthood, especially for women. A new study by Brian Wansink, Lara Latimer, and Lizzy Pope explains how unhelpful such commentary can be. In a cross-sectional survey of 501 women aged 20 to 35 […]