Chronic Illness and Body Image - An article from Rest Ministries on negative body image in people with chronic illness, and its psychological effects.
Meta Description: [ Serves people who live with chronic illness or pain, caregivers and churches, through Christian HopeKeepers groups, e-friends, chats, devotionals, pen pals, and resources at the Comfort Zone store. ]

Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body Image Dissatisfaction - Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image disatisfaction.

Council on Size and Weight Discrimination - Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.
Meta Description: [ Dealing with discrimination based on body size, particularly as relating to an individual's weight. ]

Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image? - Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.
Meta Description: [ Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image? ]

I Am Beautiful - Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links.
Meta Description: [ Self esteem and self awareness through self discovery. Our mission is to creat a world in which evry woman and girl can proclaim, ]

Male Body Image - Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.

Mirror, Mirror - From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.
Meta Description: [ We are all more obsessed with our appearance than we like to admit. But this is not an indication of 'vanity'. Vanity means conceit, excessive pride in one's appearance. Concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable. ]

My Flatsy Forum - Support forum for flat-chested women.

Normal Breasts Gallery - Pictures of normal (non-sexual) breasts, big, small, flat-chested, sagging, asymmetrical, different size areolas, with the purpose that women and girls can stop worrying about the size and shape of their own.
Meta Description: [ Pictures of normal female breasts, with different breast size and shape: small breasts, sagging ones, big areola, asymmetrical breasts, strech marks, etc. ]

NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Agenda - NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine about the magazine, its coverage of beauty issues, and how it chooses what goes on the cover. [6:10 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ In the first of a series of conversations on beauty, NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine. Wells says Allure evolved in the past 13 years. Its magazine covers don't portray one particular type of person as beautiful all the time. She says popularity, timing and ... ]

NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Teens - Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in a series of conversations on the nature of beauty. [6:44 Realaudio broadcast]
Meta Description: [ Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in a series of conversations on the nature of... ]

Psychology: Body Image - Information on a collection of documentary films and videos on body image, primarily for educational use from Film Makers Libraries.

Short Persons Support - Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short.
Meta Description: [ Our mission is to support and provide reference materials to persons of short stature and to raise awareness about the social issues of being short. ]

Small Step - Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image.

Suite101: Body Size Issues and Concerns - Articles and forum about body size issues and concerns.
Meta Description: [ Whether our body is tall, short, thin or fat, if it doesn’t fall exactly within the percentages defined as normal we will find ourselves facing certain obstacles as we go through life. Finding appropriate sized clothing, furniture, automobiles; getting and keeping jobs, dealing with discrimina... ]

The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie - Information about and reviews of the book by Stacey Handler, granddaughter of the woman who created the Barbie doll, in which she openly discloses her own battle with her body image.
Meta Description: [ Can you imagine what it is like to live in Barbie's shadow- the shadow of the ideal? The personal story of Stacey Handler, granddaughter of Ruth Handler, the woman who created the Barbie doll. Through autobiographical prose, Stacey openly discloses her battle with body image. She deftly chro... ]

The Cincinnati Post: Better Dead than Fat - Short article about poll findings that women would choose weight loss over longevity.

The Psychology of Ideal Body Image - Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.
Meta Description: [ Center for Healing the Human Spirit, Tarzana, CA: Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, NLP, Coaching-AD/HD & Other, Fitness & Weight Loss, Trainings, CEUs ]

Tit 4 Tat - Where attitude and apparel intersect. Library of articles and links.
Meta Description: [ Women's Individuality, Empowerment, Self Image, Body Image ]

404 Women's Body Image - Contains a definition of the term, student's thoughts, and discussion of the health effects of poor body image, and of the impact of the media.