Different factors associate with body image in adolescence than in emerging adulthood: A gender comparison in a follow-up study

<b>Background</b><br /> Body image dissatisfaction has been linked with a range of adverse psychosocial outcomes in both genders and has become an important public health issue. Across all ages, women have reported being more dissatisfied with their bodies than men. The aim of the current study was to examine if fitness and physical activity associate with body image satisfaction differently across gender and age, measured in...