So if 60-something years of research into the futility of dieting isn’t enoughto convince anyone that fighting against our wise bodies is a dumb thing to do, there’s now some interesting findings from as assistant professor of athletic training at the University of South Carolina. The team took a look at cheerleaders and their body…
Dr Liu Xin of the University of Queensland in Australia has just released the results of a preliminary study into how eastern-style exercise impacts on health and wellbeing. And it’s very interesting for those of us with negative body image issues, because what often goes along with negative self-talk and beliefs about our bodies, is…
I subscribe to a number of other body image blogs, a couple of them regularly have me scratching my head – I stay subbed because it’s important to me to know what else is going on in the realm of positive body image and loving your body. Most of it isn’t pretty – most of…
Summer is the time of year we can feel most body-conscious, and with all the celebrations of the festive season upon us, the media’s focus on weight loss and controlling your eating is practically guaranteed, feeding even the most body-confident person a big dose of negative body image messages. So it’s timely to think about…