As a result of this barrage of images, some people feel that they must change to fit these ideals. ... (Hittner 1997) It is also important for children, at an early age, to develop sources of self-esteem that are based on qualities other than physical appearance and for parents and teachers to promote acceptance of the natural diversity of body types. ... In their efforts to sell products, food advertisers routinely use strategies such as normalizing body dissatisfaction and weight preoccupation among women, set up unfavorable comparisons between women=s own bodies and the thin ideal, evo...

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