Social Media Friends Can Bruise Your Body Image

Seeing too many social media posts from friends about their fitness activity can harm your body image, a new study contends. “When people received more…
Read onSeeing too many social media posts from friends about their fitness activity can harm your body image, a new study contends. “When people received more…
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