Ultrathin dolls could be detrimental to young girls’ body image, a new study has shown. Researchers observed 5- to 9-year-olds playing with dolls of different body types and found girls who played ...

An artist has raised enough crowd-sourced funds to design a doll with normal body proportions in response to Barbie's unrealistic body. In less than a day, Nickolay Lamm of Pittsburgh has exceeded his ...

For over 50 years, Barbie dolls, with their almost nonexistent waists and bleached-blond hair, have helped shape a certain standard of beauty. And although Mattel recently introduced three new body ...

As Barbie celebrates her 60th birthday on Saturday, her longest-running clothing designer has defended the iconic doll’s thin body against criticism of promoting unrealistic body image. Carol Spencer ...

Ultrathin dolls could be detrimental to young girls' body image, a new study has shown.Researchers observed 5- to 9-year-olds playing with dolls of different body types and found girls who played with ...