There are a handful of ways to measure how healthy you are—fitness tests, body mass index, biomarkers in your blood, and, of course, the trusty scale. This last one causes perhaps the most distress to women (your pulse probably quickened just at the mention of it).
And in fact, that's how most women feel. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that women who weigh themselves more often are also more likely to be concerned with their own weight, have a more negative body image, lower self-esteem, and higher likelihood of depression. (Beware: Another Study Found That Body Shaming Leads to Higher Mortality Rate.)
