The term Asian American is often used as an ethnic description of a person of Asian descent who is a resident of the United States. The Asian American population includes people of East Asian (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans), Southeast Asian (e.g., Filipinos, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Hmong), and South Asian (e.g., Asian Indians, Pakistanis, and Nepalese) descent. Some of the information presented in this chapter may be generalizable to Asians living in Asia and to Pacific Islanders (e.g., Hawaiians, Samoans, and Guamanians), but the focus is on the body image experiences of Asian Americans specifically. Despite the wide range of ethnic groups in the Asian American population, there exist similarities between some of the subgroups in terms of traditional cultural values, Asian ideals of beauty, and status as an ethnic minority group. This chapter discusses ways in which these common factors may impact body image development and delineates ways in which intragroup differences in acculturation and ethnic identity may also influence the body image experiences of Asian Americans. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)