In the fitness and weight loss communities, progress photos, body fat measurements and other “non-scale victories” are touted as healthy alternatives to obsessively checking the scale. For some people ...

Body checking: The inconspicuous trend taking over TikTok. (Getty Images; designed by Jay Sprogell) A 22-year-old influencer hits record for a TikTok video. She starts off her "Day in the Life" vlog ...

You may not have heard of body checking, but it's a common symptom of a few different mental health conditions, including eating disorders, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and health anxiety. Body ...

Dozens of TikTok users in recent weeks have reported an unnerving rise in the number of “body checking” videos dominating their For You Pages (FYP). The latest trend to encourage a hyper-focus on the ...

It can worsen your mood and tarnish your self-image—here are some ways to keep the habit under control. June 8, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Throughout ...

TikTok is home to many viral trends that range from heartwarming to hilarious, but another content niche is popping up on the app that has experts concerned: body-checking trends. Chelsea M.

For every fun dance challenge on TikTok, a far more sinister trend goes viral. In this case, it's body checking. Body checking doesn’t have to be obvious to be dangerous, either. Often it’s hiding in ...

Objectives The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of policy change disallowing body checking in adolescent ice hockey leagues (ages 15–17) on reducing rates of injury and concussion.

Hockey fans likely would assume that body-checking—intentionally slamming an opponent against the boards—causes the most injuries in youth ice hockey. But they would be wrong. Findings from a new ...

Objective To compare rates of injury and concussion among non-elite (lowest 60% by division of play) Bantam (ages 13–14 years) ice hockey leagues that disallow body checking to non-elite Bantam ...

A 22-year-old influencer hits record for a TikTok video. She starts off her "Day in the Life" vlog with a clip of her flat stomach and protruding hip bone. Scroll down a bit more, and you'll see a ...

For every fun dance challenge on TikTok, a far more sinister trend goes viral. In this case, it's body checking. Body checking is the act of taking mental notes of one's body shape or weight. Offline, ...