Obesity’s impact on psychological health and well-being has been the subject of a growing body of literature. Body image dissatisfaction is a psychological variable that is influenced by overweight status and has been linked with negative psychosocial . . .

Approximately 67.6% of college women and 31.3% of college men display body-image dissatisfaction (Keel, Heatherton, Dorer, Joiner, & Zalta, 2006). Negative body-image and dissatisfaction have been linked to the development of not only eating disor . . .

Adolescence is a challenging period of development marked by many physiological, social, and cognitive changes that all seem to revolve around an evolving sense of identity and self image. Eating disorders and sub-threshold disordered eating are preva . . .

Body image dysphoria is a prevalent issue, primarily for young women, that can potentially influence psychological and physical disorders. The image of the “perfect” body is frequently shown in media and yet impossible to achieve in reality. As a resu . . .