Objective poor body image during pregnancy is a growing issue. Similarly, emerging
evidence is suggesting that social media use may increase the risk of poor well-being eg …

Objectives For many women, the postpartum period is a particularly vulnerable time to
experience body image dissatisfaction. We aimed to examine the impact of social media …

Background Research has shown that body dissatisfaction is higher during the postpartum
period compared to other periods of life, and strongly associated with disordered eating …

Background Motherhood is a time of intense physical, psychological, and identity
transformation, and body dissatisfaction may emerge through the process of pregnancy …

Social media (SM) use may have detrimental effects on the physical and mental wellbeing of
young adults, including body image dissatisfaction (BID) and changes in dietary behavior …

Small changes to social media use could have a large impact across the population. The
present study tested novel social media micro-interventions (ie, brief content delivered in …

Highlights•Social media use is consistently and positively associated with negative body
image.•Longitudinal studies suggest that this association may strengthen over time.•Brief …

Women who are pregnant or have recently given birth use social media where they may
encounter content promoting appearance ideals or offering more realistic representations of …

The present study experimentally investigated the effect of Facebook usage on women's
mood and body image, whether these effects differ from an online fashion magazine, and …

Young women increasingly spend time on social media, but the relationship of this exposure
to body image is still in the initial stages of exploration. In this study the authors used social …