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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (16)
Fat Acceptance (108)
Media Pressures (3)
Pro-Anorexia (23)

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AdiosBarbie.com - http://www.adiosbarbie.com/
Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics.

Bella Online: Body Image - http://bodyimage.bellaonline.com
Articles and forum devoted to improving self-esteem by developing a better body image.

Body Image - http://www.freewebs.com/body_image/
This is an useful, informative website that uncovers the issue of body image, why women have become preoccupied with their appearance, and how the media reflects upon these.

Body Image Health - http://www.bodyimagehealth.org
Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns.

Body Positive - http://www.bodypositive.com/
Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources.

bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls - http://booksonboobs.com
Celebrate your breasts: health and cancer issues to breastfeeding and cosmetic surgery.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body Image Dissatisfaction - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/BI_Therapy.htm
Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image dissatisfaction.

Council on Size and Weight Discrimination - http://www.cswd.org/
Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.

Disability Cool: Sexuality 'R Us - http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/7319/sex.htm
Article exploring the link between fat oppression and the experiences of women with disabilities.

Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image? - http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/bodyimage/a/bodyimage5.htm
Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.

I Am Beautiful - http://www.iambeautiful.com
Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links.

Male Body Image - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mbi2.html
Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.

Mirror, Mirror - http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html
From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.

My Flatsy Forum - http://www.alexandra-aaa.com/forums/
Support forum for flat-chested women.

NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Agenda - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1958117
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]

NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Teens - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1968820
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]

Psychology: Body Image - http://www.filmakers.com/PSYCHO.html#body
Information on a collection of documentary films and videos on body image, primarily for educational use from Film Makers Libraries.

Short Persons Support - http://www.shortsupport.org
Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short.

Small Step - http://www.smallstep.gov/
Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image.

The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie - http://www.bodyburden.com
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.

The Psychology of Ideal Body Image - http://www.healingthehumanspirit.com/pages/body_img.htm
Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.

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