Study shows why people read magazines featuring envy-inspiring models

Monday, March 14, 2011 - 16:30 in Mathematics & Economics

New research reveals why people read fitness and fashion magazines featuring photos of impossibly thin or muscular models -- models whose appearance highlight the readers' own flaws.

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