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Body Neutrality Is the New Body Positivity — Here's Why It Matters for Your Kid

03.07.2018 Kids Health

If you search the hashtag #BoPo — short for body positivity — on Instagram, you’ll find nearly 670,000 posts by individuals of all shapes and sizes celebrating their bodies. It’s just one sign of the rise of the body-positivity movement, propelled in recent years by celebrities such as Ashley Graham, who’s unafraid to flaunt her cellulite, and social media influencers like Jessamyn Stanley, who […]

Jennifer Lopez Reveals Body Shamers Told Her to Lose Weight, But She Had the Best Response

18.05.2018 Health Problems

Jennifer Lopez is almost as famous for her curves as she is for her music, but she said that at the start of her career, people in the industry told her to lose weight. The superstar singer said that she was always proud of her curves. “They didn’t bother me at all. But I got a lot of flak for […]

Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn’t

16.05.2018 Health Problems

Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria infect far more people every year. An international team of researchers is working toward a way to identify malaria patients including infected individuals who show no malaria symptoms. People who have malaria but are not symptomatic abound in the heaviest areas of malaria infestation. Even […]

Schizophrenia affects your body, not just your brain – new study

11.05.2018 Health Problems

Schizophrenia is considered a disorder of the mind, influencing the way a person thinks, feels and behaves. But our latest research shows that organs, other than the brain, also change at the onset of the disease. Scientists have known for a long time that people with schizophrenia have much higher rates of physical illness compared with the general population, and […]

This Plus-Size Blogger Recreates Meghan Markle’s Most Stylish Looks For Body Positivity

11.05.2018 Health Problems

We know that Meghan Markle is already a royal style icon. Her sartorial sense has shaken up what we consider to be “royal fashion,” and, in recent months, she’s gained many new style admirers (shoutout to folks who loved pre-Harry lewks, too). Katie Sturino of The 12ish Style blog loves Markle’s aesthetic so much that she and her blogging pal Ryan […]

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