"We're not born hating our bodies - it's something the world teaches us." Exactly the truth. Transmission Films in Australia has revealed an official trailer for an inspiring body-image documentary ...

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how ...

Pediatrician Whitney Casares' new "My One-Of-A-Kind Body" shows kids ways to reframe the way they view their own bodies and ...

Being bombarded with messages and images focusing on appearance and status is not new to this generation of young people. Indeed, decades of research demonstrate that exposure to narrow beauty ...

Research has found that 53 percent of young American girls report having negative feelings about their bodies. By the time they reach the age of 17, that number grows to 78 percent. And boys are not ...

A few years ago, I found my nine-year-old sitting on the floor in front of her open closet and crying. I'd been waiting for her to come downstairs and get her coats and shoes on so we could make her ...

Studies show that kids as young as 3 years old can have body image concerns. Author Susan Verde was an elementary school teacher who saw kids forming judgments about their bodies very early on and ...

At least 30 people were camping outside Jacksonville’s Animal Care and Protective Services building early Friday, hoping to take home one of the dachshunds available for adoption. A healthy weight, as ...

These free screenings can be an important public service provided through the school system, a way to check on kids who otherwise might not have access to regular well-child checks. In the post-2020 ...

I used to wish I had bigger boobs when I was a teen — truly ground breaking stuff — but I guarantee I never wished I was shorter.

Most of the time, our brains are very good at blending together input from all our senses into a seamless, unified conscious experience of “my body.” When this process of integrating different sensory ...