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Plus-Sized Models Good for Mental Health

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8 June 2017

By Alex Khalil

Who would’ve thought?

Oh wait, everyone. As if that needed to be said.

Yep, according to researchers at the Florida State University, women experience a boost in their psychological health after seeing realistic body shapes and sizes, rather than underweight models.

The researchers recruited 49 women, all wanting to lose weight. These women were then shown different images of models. Thin, average, and plus-sized. As they did this, each woman’s psychophysiological (fancy word for the connection between mind and body) response was measured.

After looking at each image, they were asked about their own body image, and which model they compared themselves to the most.

When the thinner models were shown, they claimed to have less confidence in their own image, but when the plus-sized and average models were shown, they remembered far more about them, and drew fewer comparisons.

And in case you needed more proof that showing attainable body standards increases confidence in women? Take a look below.

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I rest my case.

That is all.

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