Why your body size perception could be wrong

Are you as thin or large as you think you are? Probably not. Researchers suggest that we judge our body size based on previous experiences.

What Is Body Positivity?

Frontiers Social media and body dissatisfaction in young adults: An experimental investigation of the effects of different image content and influencing constructs

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

BMI in the BIPOC Community: Why It's Problematic

Misalignment between perceptual boundaries and weight categories reflects a new normal for body size perception

How you perceive your own weight may be a psychological illusion - Big Think

BMI-based body size guides for women and men: development and validation of a novel pictorial method to assess weight-related concepts

Body Image & Weight Issues: What Causes Negative Views

How to Deal with Body Insecurity

Body size perceptions and preferences favor overweight in adult Saharawi refugees, Nutrition Journal

Fat Angels

When Talking About Body Size, African American Women & Doctors May Be Speaking Different Languages

Assessing body image in anorexia nervosa using biometric self-avatars in virtual reality: Attitudinal components rather than visual body size estimation are distorted