Magazines Make Everyone Feel Bad about Themselves


Updated 04/08/07 3:22 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 9 comments

Magazines Make Everyone Feel Bad about Themselves

New reports are showing that a study from the University of Missouri-Columbia has found that all women were equally and negatively affected after viewing pictures of models in magazine ads for just three minutes. The negative effect applied to women regardless of their current weight or body image -- seeing the flawless beauties in print made even the most confident of women have a drop in their Read more

Tool Unveils the Reality of Photoshopped Magazines


Updated 12/01/11 1:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Computer Tool Reveals Photoshop on Pictures

Looking at a rack of magazines, it's hard to find a cover that hasn't been photoshopped in to perfection. Now PhD computer science students at the University of Dartmouth have developed a software tool to rate photographs based on how much digital alterations were made. The tool, which is part of recently released research in the National Academy of Sciences is intended to bring a level of Read more