Body Mass Index, Well-being, and Social Relationships: A Meta Analysis of Cultural, Gender, and Methodological Dimensions
Introduction The relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI), subjective well-being (SWB), and mental health is among the most extensively studied yet conceptually fragmented domains in behavioral medicine and social psychology. Traditional biomedical paradigms treat elevated body weight as a uniform, direct driver of diminished psychological health. Contemporary social science, however, demonstrates that this associations operates … Read more