Study shows increased progesterone levels exacerbate body image issues right before menstruation.

As body ideals have changed, the extremes we take to achieve them haven't.

“For the longest time, I allowed and believe[d] that my hair was my worth.”

All lives matter, reverse sexism, thin phobia are all examples of arguments majority groups use to preserve power.

Cancer and its treatment affect all of the physical traits society tells us to value most.

Hormones and social norms affect women's post-pregnancy weight loss.

A slowly burgeoning body positivity movement in India shies away from tackling body hair.

Real people are the most interesting thing on social media.

As puberty skews earlier, body self-consciousness is also starting earlier.

Social media distortions are having a real impact on body image.

“At first, Mia came to me all smiley-faced wanting to be my friend. I welcomed her into my lonely world, and everything was good…until she got too comfortable. Now, I feel trapped in a dark room and my only friend, 

Simona, a 22-year-old, approached our clinic about six months ago, seeking help for what she succinctly put as, “my lack of confidence in my appearance, which is affecting my interaction with the opposite sex and my prospect of finding a 

Whether it’s a pregnant character on a TV show, a celebrity’s baby-body magazine spread, or a friend’s selfie of her post-baby physique, portrayals of pregnant and postpartum women on traditional and social media tend to be unrealistic, women respondents said 

PROBLEM: Dear Swaddle ladies: I have a good friend who just had a second child a few months ago. She’s struggling with some post-baby weight and body image issues (I’ve been there myself), but is eager to get back to wearing 

You may have wondered how your clueless tomboy daughter suddenly turned into a selfie-wielding, body-obsessed Narcissus. You’re right to be concerned about preteen kids’ perceptions and feelings about their looks. But what you may not have realized is how much 

“No!” My son cries adamantly looking at a picture of my husband and me. “This is didi and bhaiya!” He refuses to believe that the picture, taken only a few years back (three, to be exact), is of his amma and