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Shapewear offered to students for Miss. body image program

January 14, 2022 GMT

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi middle school has canceled a program designed to educate students about body image after parents became angry over a form that offered students shapewear.

The form, sent by school counselors at Southaven Middle School, was meant to introduce a program to address societal stress on young girls to have “ideal” bodies, WMC-TV reported.

State attorneys general probing Instagram’s effects on kids

By BARBARA ORTUTAYNovember 18, 2021 GMT

A group of state attorneys general are investigating the photo-sharing platform Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — now called Meta Platforms — ignored internal research about the physical and mental health dangers it posed to young people.

Witherspoon, Lovato open up on Jamil’s anti-shame podcast

By AMANDA LEE MYERSMay 13, 2020 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reese Witherspoon says she still feels marginalized in corporate boardrooms dominated by men...

More Minnesota women are ditching diets: ‘Weight loss is not a goal for me’

By Kevyn BurgerJanuary 15, 2018 GMT

Jordyn Calderon gets startled looks as well as some thumbs-up when she wears her favorite sweatshirt. It reads Fat Babe.

She thinks that its sassy, self-confident message sums her up.

Ive learned to love the way I already look, not the way I could look.

Thousands of naked bicyclists swarm City of Brotherly Love

By DINO HAZELLSeptember 10, 2016 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of bicyclists dared to be bare for the city's annual nude ride promoting positive body image, cycling advocacy and fuel conservation.

About 3,000 people gathered Saturday for the eighth annual Philly Naked Bike Ride through the city's streets...