Most of us will have a friend who fills up our social media feed with "fitspiration" posts about their physical activities and achievements, perhaps to simply share what they are doing, or to encourage others to do the same.
However, whether they do in fact motivate us to get moving ourselves appears to depend on the individual, with new US research finding that for some, these posts may actually be having a negative effect on body image.
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