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Mirror, mirror: Palo Alto JCC event looks at media’s role in negative body image
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/65166/mirror-mirror-palo-alto-jcc-event-looks-at-medias-role-in-negative-body-ima/
Sydney Calander is so accustomed to hearing her women friends tear down their own appearances that she hardly notices it anymore.
“Honestly? It’s been like that ever since I can remember,” says Calander, 20, a junior at Pitzer College in Southern California. “Around the time I turned 12 or so, I became aware of all my friends getting really critical about their bodies, the way they looked — how they felt they had to look in order to be loved, or to attract a partner.”
(snip)
However, it’s clear that the disorders are on the rise — the incidence of anorexia in girls 15 to 19 has increased steadily every decade since the 1930s — and that they are affecting younger and younger kids.
According to a recent Department of Health and Human Services study, almost half of American children between the first and third grades report wanting to be thinner; half of American girls ages 9 and 10 are either dieting or have dieted before.
(more at link)
Sydney Calander is so accustomed to hearing her women friends tear down their own appearances that she hardly notices it anymore.
“Honestly? It’s been like that ever since I can remember,” says Calander, 20, a junior at Pitzer College in Southern California. “Around the time I turned 12 or so, I became aware of all my friends getting really critical about their bodies, the way they looked — how they felt they had to look in order to be loved, or to attract a partner.”
(snip)
However, it’s clear that the disorders are on the rise — the incidence of anorexia in girls 15 to 19 has increased steadily every decade since the 1930s — and that they are affecting younger and younger kids.
According to a recent Department of Health and Human Services study, almost half of American children between the first and third grades report wanting to be thinner; half of American girls ages 9 and 10 are either dieting or have dieted before.
(more at link)