General Article Social media is tanking people’s body image

Topic Selected: Body Image & Self-Esteem Book Volume: 446

A new review, social media tragedies, and tips to protect you and your family.

By Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, MA, LMFT, LPCC, CEDS-C

Your social media may be baiting you to watch content that can exacerbate body dissatisfaction. That’s according to a new review by Harriger and colleagues in the Body Image journal. Body dissatisfaction contributes to various problems, such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, eating and body image struggles, eating disorders, and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours....

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