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Even before they start school, many young girls worry that they are fat. But a new study suggests that watching a movie starring a stereotypically thin and beautiful princess may not increase children’s anxieties.
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Most normal-weight women—almost 90 percent in a 2007 Cornell study of 310 college students—want to be thinner, and half of underweight women want to lose even more weight. Meanwhile, most overweight women don’t want to be thin enough to achieve a healthy weight.
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When nearly 85 percent of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance and half of all fourth grade girls are on a diet, it’s no wonder “fat talk” permeates American society.
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Former Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton says she was fired for being “too fat.” The company recently received criticism for altering an image of the 5-foot-10, 120-pound model to look emaciated, with her head too big for her body.
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Some people try hard to look like their favorite celebrities by changing their hairstyles and clothing, but it can become an obsession for others, leading to multiple plastic surgeries.
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Eating disorders – which are serious, potential life-threatening diseases that develop due to poor body confidence, genetics and the desire to maintain control over the weight of a person’s body – afflicts over 10% of the American population, with many of the sufferers female. However, while many women may not develop full-blown eating disorders, new research has indicated that 65% of women struggle with their body image issues, with many women even going so far as to fast or starve themselves in an effort to lose weight. (more…)
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We all know that we’re constantly bombarded with advertisements featuring trim women and muscle-bound men every day – but new research has placed a figure on just how many advertisements the media exposes us to:
400-600 each day.
Yes, you read that right. With 400-600 advertisements exposing us to the media’s idea of the perfect man and woman, it’s no wonder that more young teens – and even middle-aged adults – are developing severe eating disorders in their quests for the “perfect body”.
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