This review summarizes recent findings (2000–2020) concerning media's contributions to
the development of gender stereotypes in children and adolescents. Content analyses …

Abstract Objectification theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) provides a framework for
understanding how cultural pressure on women's appearance (ie, sexual objectification) …

Nowadays, weight gain and obesity are major health‐threatening issues for children.
Emotional eating, a negative health condition that can lead to obesity in children, is a …

Eating disorders are widespread illnesses with significant impact. There is growing concern
about how those at risk of eating disorders overuse online resources to their detriment. We …

Children are among the social groups most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because
they have found themselves forced to stay at home, far from their schoolmates, their friends …

Objective: To identify the consequences of technology overuse in childhood. Data source: A
systematic review was carried out in the electronic databases PubMed (National Library of …

In the United States, many adolescent girls experience sexual harassment before they leave
high school, and between 20% and 25% of college women are survivors of sexual assault …

Creating media to counteract the plethora of media and advertising that perpetuates
negative body image is a scalable public health strategy that can be achieved through …

Eating disorders are widespread illnesses with significant global impact. There is growing
concern about how young people overuse online resources leading to mental health …

What does this study add? o This study used a nationally representative survey to provide
estimates of the frequency of digital media use by Canadian adolescents and several mental …