Teenagers have a long-standing problem with body image in which the media has a hand

A New Zealand study found that Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer or losing their parents. But why is this? It's the media!! You look at the Barbie dolls and i bet you don't know that If Barbie was life-sized her waist would be 18 inches and she wouldn't menstruate. And that Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average American woman. Today she weighs 23% less. Have a look around....