What if you knew when you were younger that all bodies aren’t the same?
Summertime is (finally) here, and the warm temperatures call for shorts, tanks and swimsuits. If you love or like your body, no matter what it looks like, terrific. But if you don’t, baring more skin can produce body insecurities.
Maybe you’ve heard that diets don’t work and believe that diet culture’s “thinner is better” messaging is toxic. Yet you, like millions of other Americans, still want to lose weight.
Body dissatisfaction and eating challenges are on the rise, affecting every sector of our population, from our youth to our elderly, but with an alarming increase among teens, young adults and children of increasingly younger ages.
As pandemic restrictions ease, an alarming reality emerges. Instead of feeling only relief, many of us feel self-conscious about how our bodies have changed.
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