How does media exposure affect self-esteem in overweight and underweight women?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 08:49 in Psychology & Sociology

Overweight women's self-esteem plummets when they view photographs of models of any size, according to a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. And underweight women's esteem increases, regardless of models' size...

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