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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in BMC Psychiatry reported that olanzapine produced a numerically higher body mass index gain in anorexia nervosa trials, but the pooled randomized evidence remained small, heterogeneous, and not statistically…
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TL;DR: A 2025 study in BMC Biology found that people judged female body size about as accurately from lower-body images as from whole-body images, but isolated thigh regions alone were not enough. Key Findings Two body-perception experiments: Researchers teste…
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A new study investigates the connections between physical activity levels, eating attitudes, and muscle dysmorphia (also known as bigorexia nervosa) in university students. The findings suggest that increased physical activity is associated with greater muscle…
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Bigorexia nervosa, also known as muscle dysmorphia or reverse anorexia, is an emerging psychiatric disorder characterized by an obsessive focus on becoming more muscular. Individuals with bigorexia have a distorted self-image and see themselves as small and we…
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