When parents convey a child’s body is a problem, “we can see an increase in low self-esteem because there is this sense of ‘I need to be different. I need to change.

A slew of newly employed women in the ‘70s and ‘80s agreed, and the pussy-bow blouse’s sudden ubiquity in offices cemented it as a symbol of corporate, second-wave feminism.

Giving a fitness gift can come across as body-shaming, a not-so-subtle message that a person’s body isn’t good enough, eating disorder experts say.