Consequently, in order for one to achieve the ideal body image, women aggressively manipulate their appearance and weight by dieting, purging or self-starvation. In conclusion, the media promotes this, ideal body image, which can cause women to become discontented with their body size and shape. ... When women begin to fear gaining weight, they will utilize dieting as one way to lose weight. ... Moreover, studies further show that teenage girls who are frequent readers of magazines have a higher prevalence of dieting and exercising behaviors to lose weight compared to those infrequent readers...

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Her weight may range from as little as 56-70 pounds or 77-91 pounds. ... The girl will think about food all day long as if in pleasure. ... Maturation in puberty develops anxiety in most girls. ... Some of these girls get over these self-conscious thoughts while others become obsessively preoccupied. ... The first goal of treatment is to determine a target weight for the patient by figuring out the average height and weight of their age set and to reach approximately 90% of that ideal weight. ...

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