Social media makes us more critical of our own bodies, study shows

With the explosion of social media into the average person’s daily life, it’s not hard to imagine that its presence and use can influence how we feel – especially about ourselves. A new study from York University has found that young women who actively engage with social media images of friends who they believe are more attractive report feeling worse about their own appearance afterwards. The study is published in Body Image, and focuses on young women, ages 18 to 27 years old, who liked or …