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The rise of ‘fitspiration’ seems to promote a body that is both impossibly thin and muscular. A new study explores whether this has become a new benchmark for women.
Staring at one thing for a long time can cause you to see the next thing in the opposite fashion. This neural adaptation could be the underlying physiological basis of body-size misperception.
Eating disorders that stem from a desire to be thin can be blamed in part on genetics, according to a new US study. The study, published this week in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, found…
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NHMRC Australia Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Human Visual Perception, Macquarie University
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PhD Candidate at University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Hawaii
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