Statistics


 * As you can see from the graph below, **__MEDIA__** influences girls' body image about 33%
 * Magazines as being part of media has a lot to do with the way teenage girls portray their bodies.
 * An analysis conducted in 1997 on the leading teen magazines which include //Seventeen// and //Sassy,// concluded that about 37% of the content in the magazine focused on appearance and only 16% of the content focused on self-confidence.
 * In a study conducted in 1992, based on female students at Stanford University who looked at magazines, concluded about 70% of the participants had stated that they felt worse about themselves and their bodies.
 * Between 1992-1998, the rate at which young women began to get inplants and surgery increased 50%.
 * In a 2002 study, seventh-grade girls who viewed idealized magazine images of women reported a drop in body satisfaction and a rise in depression.




 * In 2005, 77% of prime-time shows on the major broadcast networks included sexual material, up from 67% in 1998.
 * In 2005, 45.6% of high school students were trying to lose weight.
 * Females- 61.7%
 *  Males- 29.9%.
 * A study showed that about 80% of 9 year old girls are currently on diets.
 * Girls are becoming weight conscious as young as 8 years old
 * Violence in media shows that in a situation there always has to be a winner and a loser.
 * By age 18, a U.S. youth will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence. **- American Psychiatric Association**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">8,000,000 or more people in the United States have an eating disorder...............90% are women!!!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">66% of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Eating disorders have grown 400% since 1970

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