Celebrity fans of healthies, including the Kardashians, Heidi Klum, Bar Refaeli, Snooki and Parks and Recreation actor Chris Pratt, who posted a healthie of his toned body yesterday, do it regularly on their Instagram feeds.
Dubbed the 'healthie', this new form of photobragging sees celebrities posting rather self-satisfied photos of themselves working out their slim and toned bodies.
2013, "50 Coolest Things in Health", Women's Health, November/December 2013, page 95:
Healthies are about showboating your exercise credentials to inspire others.
Instagram has brought us selfies, belfies, healthies, #tbt and many more social trends.
2014, Karen Villarreal, "Because Selfies", Panorama Magazine (University of Texas–Pan American), Spring 2014, page 26:
But she understands that sometimes healthies can be misunderstood.
2014, Jo Ebsworth, "Healthy selfies", Health & Fitness (UK), April 2014, page 10:
But the benefits of ‘healthies’ aren’t always positive, with many experts warning these kind of images increase our self-obsession and need for external validation, potentially creating greater body image problems within society.
2015, "#Instagrub", Woman This Month (Bahrain edition), Issue 143, January 2015, page 33:
