Social media websites obtain a contributing factor for the development of eating disorders in women in their teenage and adult years. ... Some of NEDA's statistics provide that "42% of first through third grade girls want to be thinner, and 81% of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat" (Andrist 119). ... In an article a study held with over 1,300 girls in middle and high school who often or sometimes read magazine articles that discuss dieting or weight loss, revealed that they were twice as likely to engage in unhealthy weight control conductions and three times as likel...

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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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Abstract An attractive appearance is proven to be so essential to the feminine gender role, the search for correct ideal of beauty causes many problems for adolescent girls. ... It was found that by six years of age, a large number of girls already desired a thinner ideal figure (p.135.) ... These ideals, however unrealistic and unhealthy, are the idealism our society and drive many adolescent females to make dangerously unhealthy choices with regard to their appearance and weight. ... Body image becomes a major issue as females go through puberty; girls in mid-adolescence frequently report be...

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