Body Image Issues of Older Women

Abstract

Abstract Psychological researchers have all but ignored body image issues of mid-life and older women, and medical researchers havelimited their concern to the impact of surgery or chronic disease on body image. The purpose of this article is to point out that body image concerns are not restricted to eating disordered clients and can occur in women of any age. The impact of various aspects of aging on body image is described, and implications for the practice of feminist therapy are discussed.