“It sends the message that a larger body type is not ideal and could and should be changed.”
Just because young people know most media images are retouched doesn’t change the fact that they feel impacted by their presence.
Those feelings of failure can cause a cycle that impacts one’s overall well-being in the long run, according to Dr. Diedrichs. “People can have unrealistic expectations about what they can achieve with weight loss, particularly if it is being marketed as a result of managing diet as well as exercise. That presents a very simplistic view of how a person’s weight is determined.
I’ve spent much of my life training myself to notice the way these things negatively impact my own body image, and yet they still do — hence, why I had to leave the room when I recently caught my roommate watching reruns of. Just involuntarily picturing Kaling’s before and after in my head felt like a message that I need to lose weight.By nature of being a woman, I’ve had my body commented on throughout my life.
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