According to certain researchers at a particular university, nearly 50% of girls { between the ages of 5 and 8 } desire to be thinner. In addition, overall research shows that nearly 95% of women do not like their weight somehow.
Women do all sorts just to get skinnier – they embark on excessive workout, skip their meals, fast and even take things that would make them throw-up, all by the name of looking thinner. The media brainwash the Americans virtually every day with those ‘feel-and-look-good-by-getting-thin’ talk. Subsequently, people seek for popularity and cluster around pals that are skinny. Thus, even some parents indulge in pressurizing their kids to be thin, as though good and happy life lies in there.
Perhaps you’ve heard such a statement that goes, “Each time I behold my big thighs, the reality of my fatness probes at me! It’s time for me to start working out!” Constant fuss about size, weight and appearance is known as negative body image, which is triggered by the social environment as well as the media.
Negative body image is basically engineered by the media; they create ‘fake’ standards for looking attractive. A renowned media activist says, “The TV programs and magazines that women read compel them to stick out their necks to the diet industry as they become too conscious of their weight”. The worth of the diet industry is over $30 billion!
The message of getting thin is even communicated to kids via toys – it’s as bad as that. Here’s the trick – Barbie would weigh 110 pounds with 5ft, 9” height if she were life-size. She would be measuring 39-18-33, and mensuration would bypass her since her body harbors abnormal fat levels. See how ‘The Hills’ (a TV reality show regarding Hollywood) reflects that exciting life is only attainable by thin and attractive women.
Even in the social setting, the topic of discussion is usually hinged on being thin and muscular. Even in families, complains about being too fat is heard often – friends and colleagues as well are all clamoring about the skinny looks, and even the kids feel they can only be accepted by parents when they appear skinny. Even in the athletic niche, participants feel they need to lose some good pounds to attract the attention of judges, or to perform better.
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I was surprised at the age of 5 – 8 yrs old kids do want to be thin already? When I was at that age what is going on in my mind is to play. I think in this generation what contributes to so many over weight children is that they are couch potatoes!! I remember my time we used to play from morning to dusk. And even if my parents wanted us to eat more we also shed the calories fast because we played a lot.
For me I wanted to lose unwanted pounds because of health purposes. I am in my mid 40′s and it takes a lot of exercise and a lot of dieting to do that I couldn’t fulfill it. That’s why it was about time to make palaban with my slimming coffee hehehehe.