A new study showed that young girls’ weight behavior may have something to do with peers and not someone on the outside like celebrities. The findings show that not all teen girls equate thin with beautiful for the simple reason that those around them are more on the heavy side. So, if they are a part of a larger number of girls who are on inappropriate diets, most likely they will do the same way just to look like others.
According to the author of the study Anna Mueller, their findings showed was that girls were more aware of what others like them were doing. Underweight girls were not likely to be trying to lose weight, unless they were in schools where underweight girls regularly reported trying to lose weight. From that it becomes clear that schools can play an important role in educating girls towards having a healthy body image. By sending-out the right message about dieting and weight loss, schools can change girls’ perception on how they should approach the matter.
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