Founded in 1996, The Body Positive has long been committed to liberating people from society's oppression of the body.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youngoldman / iStock via Getty Images Self-love is a rollercoaster where sometimes you're on the up and up and others you feel ...

Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study from the University of Surrey reports. During this unique ...

The Ozempic trend sweeping Hollywood is fueling unrealistic body standards once again. The popular diabetes-turned-weight-loss drug (and similar Semaglutide variations) have “definitely changed the ...

Positive body image refers to an overarching appreciation and respect for one’s own body—regardless of whether it meets society’s expectations for how a body “should” look and/or function. A wealth of ...

Body positivity is often framed as a cultural trend about self-love and diverse beauty. But at its core, it is much more than aesthetics. It is a mental health movement designed to reduce harm from ...

As celebrity shrinking dominates the red carpet, the Met’s Costume Art exhibition bucks the trend with body shapes that ...

If you’re overwhelmed with constantly thinking about your body—the things you love, hate, and are a work in progress—body neutrality might speak to you. It’s a measured approach to body image that's ...

Brittani Lancaster hadn't noticed she'd lost weight until she began receiving comments about it on her TikTok videos. Only three years had passed since the 25-year-old began sharing her struggle with ...

Social media has been criticized for presenting a distorted reality when it comes to beauty (and many other things). Namely, celebrities, models, actors, and other “influencers” on social media often ...

The relationship many people have with their body can be summed up in two words: It’s complicated. Some days, you may love how your body looks and feels, and on others, you may be a little more ...

Right around the time Ozempic came out, I started to change the way I practice medicine. As the new class of weight-loss drug ushered in a highly medicalized era of Americans' obsession with being ...