We've come a long way towards accepting all types of bodies -- at least where other people are concerned.
A recent backlash to a subway ad series about "beach ready bodies" shows we're increasingly fed up with being given one standard of physical beauty, but we still have a long way to go.
As much as we are learning to accept different kinds of beauty in others, the weight loss industry is still making billions of dollars a year and "how to lose weight fast" is one of the most searched for terms on Google. Like so many of the most important things in life, self-love is an inside job.
A few things you should know: