ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Female Athletes Confront Body Image

By Danilea Brighenti — 2016

At least one athlete on each team said either she or a teammate had struggled or continues to struggle with eating disorders or body image issues during college.

Read on yaledailynews.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Body Image Issues Can Impact Athletes at a Young Age

Body image issues are not unusual in athletes and can start at a young age. Negative consequences of poor body image include quitting sports, eating disorders, and low self esteem.

Article
Jeff Burtka
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Why do Some Athletes Struggle with Body Image?

Body image issues in athletes can come from a wide variety of sources: certain sports value specific weights and body types more than others, athletes will deal with puberty in different ways and some student athletes struggle with control in other areas of their lives, which can lead to body image...

Article
TrueSport
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Body Image & Sports Involvement in College Students

Body image can be described as your personal evaluation of self and others, based on body weight, shape, size, and appearance. It is connected to self-esteem and self-worth.

Article
Libby Lyons
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

What Loneliness Does to the Human Body

The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.

Article
Ashley Fetters
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

It’s Perfectly OK to Call a Disabled Person ‘Disabled,’ and Here’s Why

We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.

Article
Brittany Wong
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Please Don’t Call Me “Wheelchair-Bound.”

What I’m hoping to do here is help portray the incapacitated form in an optimistic light and defy the labels enforced upon us by society.

Article
Sandy Pennington
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Wheelchair Rapunzel: ‘Growing up, I never knew I was allowed celebrate my disabled body’

Alex Dacy is a strong voice on Instagram for disabled body compassion and equality.

Article
Geraldine Walsh
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Feeling Body-Positive When You Have a Disability

As a woman with a physical disability, I am usually glaringly aware of how my body is the polar opposite of what is deemed the norm.

Article
Kimmie Jones
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Body Image Lessons I Learned From Illness and Disability

I no longer care about my body being perfect. It’s taken a long time to get here, but I’ve realized my body has been through too much to spend time and energy caring about losing that extra 10 pounds or minimizing my scars.

Article
Angela Hartlin
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

I’m Done Punishing My Disabled Body for Your Comfort

I always had one goal in mind, which was to be able-bodied again.

Article
Aryanna Denk
2021
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Body Image