Body Image News

For teenage girls, missing meals to keep off the extra pounds has become the norm.

THEY say your school days are the happiest of your life, but nothing could be further from the truth for many body-conscious youngsters.

Airbrushed adverts of "thin-ideal" models pose a "significant risk" to the health of young women, say experts.

Those issues are just the tip of the iceberg on the different reasons why people lose interest in sex, but there are a few prominent ones.

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BODY image experts are supporting a Liberal Democrat campaign against the use of airbrushed images of models.

Airbrushed pictures of women making them appear unnaturally thin are harmful to girls and women, a group of experts says today.

End this fake perfection: Experts want a ban on airbrushing ads that leave girls loathing their own bodies By Tim Shipman Last updated at 12:06 AM on 09th November 2009 Airbrushing models to give them perfect bodies has helped create a generation of young women with eating disorders and depression, advertising watchdogs have been warned.

Heather Kew used to tell people "everything was great" when really it wasn't. She spent 10 years struggling with a disease where she turned to the toilet again and again.

Body image is one of the most controversial topics right now, and 23-year-old French-Swedish super model Filippa Hamilton knows that better than anyone.

Q: My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds over the past year.

Dear Carolyn: My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds during the past year.

I have been struggling with this post for some time because it is a difficult topic for me.

Dear Carolyn: I have an unusual situation, I think. My 24-year-old daughter, who has always been beautiful and vivacious, lost about 20 pounds over the past year.

By Margaret Davis GIRLS start wanting to be thin at the age of ten, and half of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, a survey of young women reveals.

You really can't help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks.

Nearly half of girls aged 11 to 16 are dieting, a national survey has revealed. By the age of 10, girls start wanting to be thin and 42% of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, Girlguiding UK found.

Girlguiding UK surveyed the attitudes of over 1,000 girls and young women, aged between seven and 21, about the issues affecting them.

GIRLS start wanting to be thin at the age of 10 - and half of 11 to 16-year-olds restrict what they eat to stay slim, an alarming survey found today.

Women on television, including news presenters and actresses, are "abnormally thin" and are causing a rise in the number of young women suffering from eating disorders, doctors said yesterday.