Western cultures spend an increasingly large portion of their time and money every year in an attempt to make themselves more beautiful.  This section covers topics such as cosmetics, plastic surgery, and body image.  We will highlight articles that promote beauty as a part of overall wellness.  Maintaining a positive body image is important to overall health.  However, this does not mean conforming to the current pop-culture ideal of beauty.  In fact, there is a wide gap between what the media promotes as a beautiful body shape, and what health experts consider to be a healthy body weight.