Kids as early as third grade are concerned about their weight. ... Surrounded by thin models and TV stars, teenage girls are taught to achieve an impossible goal. As a result, many teenage girls intensely dislike their bodies and can tell you down to the minutest detail what is wrong with it. ... To think of a little girl or boy hurting themselves, consciously at that young of an age is very hard to understand. ... Every magazine has the same body image for boys, girls, men and women. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In a study done by Nichter, adolescent girls said that their ideal body came from fashion magazines targeted at them. The ideal teenage girl was identified as being 5'7 weighing 100 pounds (Thompson and Heinberg 341). In other words, adolescent girls dream of being skin and bones. ... Anorexia is considered to be a psychiatric disorder in which both men and women suffer from an intense fear of weight gain (Webihealth). ... What causes the fear of weight gain and a distorted perception has been discovered and explained through behavioral theories. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

People who suffer from this disorder have an intense fear of weight gain or being "fat", even though they are of normal or underweight. ... According to a recent statistic, more than half of teenaged girls are, or think they should be, on diets. ... Without a doubt, Barbie is the most popular girls doll, and at an early age it sets a bad example. ... Weight, avg. women 145 lbs., Barbie 101lbs.. ... Now how can we expect for our young children to grow up with high self-esteem and confidence, when the ideal goal for what a women, and man, "should" look like, is beyond reach. ...

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• Grade Level: High School