Body Image

Before & After Ads Lead to Bias
A particular form of diet advertisement – the "before and after" ad – can reinforce negative feelings about the obese and perpetuate damaging stereotypes.

When Minor Flaws Loom Large in the Mirror
Profiles a professor working with Body Dysmorphic Disorder, which is a very severe form of negative body image perception.

Thin Cycle
Are you caught in the thin cycle? Take this MSNBC quiz to find out.

Survey on Obesity and Body Image
Results of this Shape Up America survey indicate that 1 in 4 American women suffer from negative body image.

Emelina: Building a Better Body Image
A personal essay from someone who has struggled with negative body image that offers easy-to-understand steps to improving your body image.

Distorted Body Image Can Have Tragic Results
This article explores our obsession with body image and presents the fact that nearly 75 percent of fourth grade girls polled say they are "on a diet".

Body Positive.com
This site's motto best describes it: "Change your mind, change your culture, and let your body be."

Body Image and You
A Balancing the Issues fact sheet about body image from the home economics department of the Manitoba Agriculture and Food government organization, prepared in consultation with dieticians.

About-Face!
This San-Francisco based non-profit organization focuses on the impact the media has on the physical, mental and emotional well-being of females.