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This entry reviews current research addressing adolescents’ body image. The correlates and consequences of body image are described, as is the significance of body image to other areas of development including puberty, identity, media consumption, family, peer, and romantic relationships. The historical context of body image research is reviewed in addition to the contemporary importance of understanding body image given rising concerns about adolescents’ vulnerability to both obesity and eating disorders.

There are many reasons why it is important to understand adolescents’ body image. One only needs to pick up a newspaper, turn on the television, or glance at the magazines in the checkout line at the grocery store to be reminded of our cultural obsession with the appearance of our bodies. Advice on how to improve one’s physical appearances abounds – from how to lose weight to how to surgically alter one’s appearance. It is no wonder that young people today are concerned with...

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Markey, C.H., Gillen, M.M. (2018). Body Image. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33228-4_25

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