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This review and meta-analysis looked at studies up to 2024 on body-positive social media content. It reviewed 56 studies (19 were left out of the meta-analysis for bad or missing data). Overall, short-term exposure to body-positive posts was linked to better body satisfaction and improved mood, especially when posts showed…
This study surveyed 211 young adults about exposure to “fitspiration” or athletic images on social media and how that related to their body esteem. It found 37% of participants said such images lowered their self-esteem, with women more likely to report this (p = 0.004) and gender also linked to…
