Flinders University associate professor Ivanka Prichard, one of the study’s co-authors, says her findings raise concerns that many accounts claiming to promote health and fitness post images of an objectified and sexualized nature and unrelated to fitness. Loading She explains that a culture of thinness in the media has influenced the types of images we see in the health and wellness space. We have internalized this subtle ideal and equated thinness with health. But we know that all kinds of body shapes can be healthy, she continues. It’s more about…
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As suicides rise in southeast Minnesota, mental health specialists seek to promote a message of hope
ROCHESTER Before becoming a suicide prevention coordinator, Josh Jensen was a teenager who struggled with depression, feelings of hopelessness, and traumatic conditions that he now helps others struggle through as a mobile crisis supervisor. As a child, Jensen was raised in a tumultuous home by a mother who suffered a head injury in her teens. Her stepfather was a kind and generous man who helped Jensen’s mother cope and regulate her behavior. While returning from school one day, Jensen’s biological father pulled him aside and told him that his stepfather…
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