Smart People Don’t Diet

Diet

How To Protect Your Kids From Diet Culture

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on September 8, 2020

How can parents help their kids develop a healthy relationship with food? Parenting without diet culture is essential.

How can parents help their kids develop a healthy relationship with food? Parenting without diet culture is essential.

Beauty

Look Out for Girls' Back-to-School Appearance Concerns

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on August 25, 2020

Parents have spent months worrying about what back-to-school will be like this fall. Teens are likely to be more concerned about the weight they've gained or the clothes they want.

Parents have spent months worrying about what back-to-school will be like this fall. Teens are likely to be more concerned about the weight they've gained or the clothes they want.

Media

Body Positivity on Social Media Is a Work in Progress

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on August 17, 2020

Are you looking to feel inspired when you use social media? Here's what you need to know about the #bodypositivity movement.

Are you looking to feel inspired when you use social media? Here's what you need to know about the #bodypositivity movement.

Body Image

Does Smartphone Use Affect Teens’ Body Image?

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on June 24, 2020

Most teens report using their phones nearly constantly. What are the body image consequences?

Most teens report using their phones nearly constantly. What are the body image consequences?

Media

Build Body Confidence While Using Social Media

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on May 29, 2020

Is it possible to use social media to improve your body image? There are more positive influences available than you probably realize.

Is it possible to use social media to improve your body image? There are more positive influences available than you probably realize.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Food for Thought During the Pandemic

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on May 11, 2020

Are you worried about how you're eating while sheltering in place? You may actually be learning some valuable lessons.

Are you worried about how you're eating while sheltering in place? You may actually be learning some valuable lessons.

Beauty

Raising Body Positive Girls

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on March 21, 2020

The news is coronavirus all the time. But while we're quarantined with our girls, what messages are we sending about what we eat and how we feel about our bodies?

The news is coronavirus all the time. But while we're quarantined with our girls, what messages are we sending about what we eat and how we feel about our bodies?

Health

You Can Be a Feminist and Still Care About How You Look

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on February 17, 2020

How do you explain to your daughter that she's so much more than a pretty face? Here are ideas for ways to start this and other complicated conversations.

How do you explain to your daughter that she's so much more than a pretty face? Here are ideas for ways to start this and other complicated conversations.

Health

4 Reasons Why It's Not Your Fault if You Can’t Lose Weight

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on January 21, 2020

Wishing you had stuck to your New Year's resolution to lose weight? Here's why weight loss is so hard.

Wishing you had stuck to your New Year's resolution to lose weight? Here's why weight loss is so hard.

Beauty

Beauty Ideals Be Damned

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on October 23, 2019

Is body dissatisfaction the only possible outcome when women realize that they don’t look the way they have been socialized to believe they should?

Is body dissatisfaction the only possible outcome when women realize that they don’t look the way they have been socialized to believe they should?

Body Image

Is It Getting Better?

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on July 11, 2019

Has body image improved or gotten worse across time? The answer may surprise you.

Has body image improved or gotten worse across time? The answer may surprise you.

Beauty

Body Positivity on the Small Screen

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on May 3, 2019

Is there finally media that can make you feel good about yourself? Watch body positivity play out on the small screen in "Dietland," Dumplin'," and "Shrill."

Is there finally media that can make you feel good about yourself? Watch body positivity play out on the small screen in "Dietland," Dumplin'," and "Shrill."

Media

Teens, Body Image, and Social Media

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on February 14, 2019

Four tips to help talk with your teen about social media use and body image.

Four tips to help talk with your teen about social media use and body image.

Sex

How Your Body Image Influences Your Sex Life

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on December 29, 2018

How do feelings about your body impact your experiences in the bedroom?

How do feelings about your body impact your experiences in the bedroom?

Media

Both the Size and the Sexiness of the Models We See Matter

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on September 28, 2018

Do you ever find that images in the media make you feel bad about yourself? Here's how that could be changed.

Do you ever find that images in the media make you feel bad about yourself? Here's how that could be changed.

Beauty

Pandora’s Make-Up Box

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on June 28, 2018

Your daughter is begging you to let her wear make-up. Problem is, she's not even a teenager yet. What should you do?

Your daughter is begging you to let her wear make-up. Problem is, she's not even a teenager yet. What should you do?

Sport and Competition

The New Miss America

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on June 6, 2018

The Miss America pageant has dropped the bathing suit competition. But if women aren't evaluated on appearance, what's the point of the competition?

The Miss America pageant has dropped the bathing suit competition. But if women aren't evaluated on appearance, what's the point of the competition?

Guilt

Would You Like a Side of Guilt With That Burger?

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on February 23, 2018

Here are five of the most common eating habits that make us feel bad — and some ways that they can be improved.

Here are five of the most common eating habits that make us feel bad — and some ways that they can be improved.

Aging

Your Aging Body

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on November 14, 2017

Why women shouldn't feel bad about getting older.

Why women shouldn't feel bad about getting older.

Stress

Unusual Ways to Lose Weight

Charlotte Markey Ph.D. on August 14, 2017

Losing weight isn't always healthy. Beware: Here are ten things that will make the weight come off.

Losing weight isn't always healthy. Beware: Here are ten things that will make the weight come off.