News tagged with physical appearance
Photoshopped Images Could Carry Warnings in France
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A law has been proposed in France that would see digitally enhanced images carry a warning to viewers that the image has been retouched to change the physical appearance of a person. The proposed ...
Cosmetic surgery appeals to men, women with appearance-based rejection sensitivity
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers have found that men and women who feel sensitive to rejection based on their physical appearance are more likely to express interest in having cosmetic surgery than those who are less sensitive to appearance-based ...
Parents failing to recognize their children's risk for obesity may be contributing to epidemic
Mar 18, 2009 |
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With 17 percent of US children between ages 2 and 19 classified as obese, new research shows that parents may not be recognizing their own children's risk factors. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse ...
Boys have greater psychological well-being than girls, due to a better physical self-concept
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Self-concept may be defined as the totality of perceptions that each person has of themselves, and this self identity plays an important role in the psychological functioning of everyone. To date, however, there has been ...
Jeers of peers may affect adolescent adjustment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 06, 2008 |
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New research suggests that traits such as obesity during adolescence that may increase the risk of attacks from peers can result in health and psychological struggles that remain through young adulthood. The researchers say ...
