Coming to Terms with Your Body Shape
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Researchers report that women’s and men’s perceptions of their bodies differ.
In a recent survey of 813 adults ages 19 to 39 conducted by Psychology of Men and Masculinity journal, women of normal weight tended to perceive themselves as overweight, while normal-weight men often perceived themselves as too skinny. In addition, nearly half of the men assessed as overweight perceived themselves to be of normal weight.
