It's called "bigorexia," or muscle dysmorphia, and it's warping ... lexicon to describe the particular kind of body image issues teenage boys and men are up against. Though men, like women ...

In the U.S., about 2.4% of adults have BDD, which affects slightly more women and people assigned female at birth than men and people assigned male at birth. Body dysmorphia vs. gender dysphoria ...

Body dysmorphia in some young, muscular men is causing them to see themselves as small, leading to depression and steroid abuse, an expert has said. "Bigorexia" - the opposite of anorexia - sees ...

Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram are fuelling unrealistic, unhealthy obsessions with a lean and muscular physique among many young ...

More men are choosing to enlarge their penises with fillers, but side effects and disappointment are a real risk ...

“There is that fine line where this is something deeper than just being a competitive person.” Phillips says that about 40% of those who have BDD are men, and that body issues in boys and young men in ...

Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram are fuelling unrealistic, unhealthy obsessions with a lean and muscular physique among many young men, according to a new Australian study.

“The number of men, particularly young men, gripped by body dysmorphic disorder continues to rise,” says Dr. William Shanahan, clinical director of addictions at Priory Hospital Roehampton in ...

Moreover, in addition to a desire for greater muscularity, they are very concerned not to gain fat. The results also suggest that future research into perceptions of specific body parts and health is ...

Nearly 10 years on, they are being used as part of a new exhibition about body dysmorphia - a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.

body dysmorphia is related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), WebMD stated. The disorder can affect anyone, but it often begins in the teen years or early adulthood. Both men and women get ...

Imagine losing 100 pounds in just four months. While some may see this as a miraculous change, it highlights a troubling trend in our society. With new drugs making weight loss seem effortless, we ...