Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals

  • Written by Janet J. Boseovski, Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body idealsBehavioral science researchers have found that people tend to have more positive body self-images when they appreciate the body for what it can do – not just how it looks.Tempura/E+ via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday life for many people in both trivial and profound ways. Embracing pants without a waistband, trying...

Read more: The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals

More Articles ...

  1. Career-based classes keep students more engaged
  2. A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks
  3. Why the oil industry's pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn't a climate change solution
  4. SUV tragedy in Wisconsin shows how vehicles can be used as a weapon of mass killing – intentionally or not
  5. Supreme Court could redefine when a fetus becomes a person, upholding abortion limits while preserving the privacy right under Roe v. Wade
  6. The average person's daily choices can still make a big difference in fighting climate change – and getting governments and utilities to tackle it, too
  7. How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high
  8. Project Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom
  9. Americans support climate change policies, especially those that give them incentives and clean up the energy supply
  10. Infrastructure law's digital equity goals are key to smart cities that work for everyone
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more