The culture of the United States is obsessed with physical appearance. Media images of impossibly thin women and improbably buff men saturate our environment. There is no doubt that these images of airbrushed perfection can damage ordinary people's body images, but research conducted at the University of Arizona at Tucson indicated that how we talk about our bodies and the bodies of other people may be even more detrimental.
Depression, Poor Body Image Result From Negative Talk About Weight
